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Author : Sedrick Sims
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780557096947
A selective journey into Africa's often untold rich history.
Author : Richard J. Reid
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470658987
Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries. Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamics in explaining Africa's later twentieth-century challenges Places a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounter Includes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone Africa Offers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya
Author : John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192802484
Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.
Author : Kevin Shillington
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137504036
First edition published 1989 by Macmillan Publishers.
Author : Robin Walker
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1507759487
What they had in common was that they were unsure of where to begin their reading and study but they still wanted to find out more information. This book was written to simplify that journey. As the author of When We Ruled a 700 plus page book on African history, I could also see the need to produce a smaller book that condenses and simplifies the information. I want to make the data as accessible as possible--hence this book. This book is in two parts. The first part is called If you want to learn Early African History START HERE. The second part is called 50 Questions and Answers on the History of Black People. The first part of the book, If you want to learn Early African History START HERE, is a general introduction to Classical African history covering the most important ancient and medieval empires. It began life as two separate lectures that I gave to introduce African history. One of the lectures was called When We Ruled: Thousands of Years of a Visible African Heritage. The second lecture was called The Lost Civilisations of Central Africa. To write this section of the book, I combined these two lectures into one narrative. In the final part of this section, I suggest other sources that a student could read to advance their knowledge even more. The second part of the book, 50 Questions and Answers on the History of Black People, began life when a colleague approached me to give him an extended interview on Black or African history. The colleague posed 50 varied questions to me to which I gave extended answers. He asked me about Nile Valley history, Ancient Kingdoms and Empires, The Slave Trade, earlier Black historians and their writings, etcetera. I hope that the 50 questions answer most of the questions that people raise concerning Black or African history. Robin Walker
Author : Richard J. Reid
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015079232776
AFRICAN HISTORY. History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of the last two centuries of African history. Author Richard Reid takes us on a thought-provoking and illuminating journey through the slave trade and colonization to the rise of Islam, struggles for independence, and beyond. Readers will see how Africa's rich diversity began to re-emerge during the post-colonial era - and discover the contrasting periods of despair and hope that emerged with it. History of Modern Africa is an essential recounting of the turning points of Africa's past and the myriad strands of African culture that will shape its future.
Author : History Brought Alive
Publisher : History Brought Alive
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Journey into The Heart of Africa & Explore Over 2000 Years of History, People, Countries, Myths, Facts & More From the birthplace of civilisation to modern times, African History tells the most exquisite tales of woe and wonder. With a rich geography and fascinating history this continent is truly awe inspiring! It’s no wonder Africa has given rise to many of our languages, philosophies and legends which we honour to this day. Using reliable, fact-checked written resources and discoveries from world-renowned archeologists, History Brought Alive presents African History. Journey with us on the shoulders of the very first peoples of Africa across a riveting timeline of events. Explore the true history, facts, myths and drama that will have you curling your toes in awe and anticipation. Here is a small taster of what’s inside this book: Major Figures, Key Events, Politics & Milestones in African History Fascinating Folktales, Myths & Legends, inc The Flying Tortoise, Lion & The Jackal, The Giants & Many More The Birth of Human Civilization - Learn About The Origins of Humanity in Africa Long Lost Kingdoms, inc Ancient Egypt, The Kingdom of Kush, The Land of Punt, Carthage, The Great Zimbabwe & Many More The Amazing Story of The Nubian Queen Who Fought Back Against Caesar's Powerful Roman Empire The Israelites & Their Amazing Journey Across The Nile River from Asia and into Africa, where they settled Nubia Rituals, Tribes & Traditions From Centuries of African Heritage The Zulu Wars - Epic Battles, Christianity & The British Empire In South Africa And much, much more Whether you're a history enthusiast or a curious reader...inside you will discover all you need to know about the true story of African History.
Author : Michael Brett
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847010636
Africa is a huge continent, as large as the more habitable areas of Europe and Asia put together. This book takes as its subject the last 10,000 years of African history, and traces the way in which human society on the continent has evolved from communities of hunters and gatherers to the complex populations of today.
Author : Basil Davidson
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015001386052
A classic book on African history as told in the chronicles and records of chiefs and kings, travellers and merchant-adventurers, poets and pirates and priests, soldiers and scholars. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691244105
A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to provide a sweeping global history of ancient Africa, tracing how the continent played an important role in the technological, agricultural, and economic transitions of world civilization. Christopher Ehret takes readers from the close of the last Ice Age some ten thousand years ago, when a changing climate allowed for the transition from hunting and gathering to the cultivation of crops and raising of livestock, to the rise of kingdoms and empires in the first centuries of the common era. Ehret takes up the problem of how we discuss Africa in the context of global history, combining results of multiple disciplines. He sheds light on the rich history of technological innovation by African societies—from advances in ceramics to cotton weaving and iron smelting—highlighting the important contributions of women as inventors and innovators. He shows how Africa helped to usher in an age of agricultural exchange, exporting essential crops as well as new agricultural methods into other regions, and how African traders and merchants led a commercial revolution spanning diverse regions and cultures. Ehret lays out the deeply African foundations of ancient Egyptian culture, beliefs, and institutions and discusses early Christianity in Africa. A monumental achievement by one of today’s eminent scholars, Ancient Africa offers vital new perspectives on our shared past, explaining why we need to reshape our historical frameworks for understanding the ancient world as a whole.
Author : Peter Ridgway Schmidt,Roderick J. McIntosh
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253210542
"An important book at a time when the booming illicit trade in African antiquities and the despoiling of some of the continent's prime archeological sites generate little concern in the art world." --Foreign Affairs "This benchmark publication challenges all of us to be part of the solution. Plundering Africa's Past cannot help but raise the level of discourse and consciousness about the looting problem, what needs to be done to stop it and about the relationship between Africa and the West." --African Studies Review "Plundering Africa's Past should be required reading for all archaeologists, historians, art historians, museum curators, and government officials involved in the cultural heritages of Africa, as well as most countries and continents with a disappearing past." --H-Net Book Review African government and museum officials, members of international agencies, academics, and journalists examine why the African past is disappearing at a rate perhaps unmatched in any other part of the world. Each looks at the international network of looting and trafficking from a different perspective. Here, for the first time, is a frank indictment of African contributions to the problem--voiced by the distinguished African essayists. The book concludes with a discussion of specific steps that could halt the disappearance of Africa's art and antiquities.
Author : Kathleen R. Smythe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253016614
“An impressive synthesis of current literature in African history, making it understandable and relevant.” —Jan Bender Shetler, author of Imagining Serengeti: A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the Present Africa’s Past, Our Future engages the history of the African continent through the perspective of global issues such as political instability, economic development, and climate change. Since the past may offer alternative models for thinking about our collective future, this book promotes an appreciation for African social, economic, and political systems that have endured over the long-term and that offer different ways of thinking about a sustainable future. Introducing readers to the wide variety of sources from which African history is constructed, the book’s ten chapters cover human evolution, the domestication of plants and animals, climate change, social organization, the slave trade and colonization, development, and contemporary economics and politics. “Smythe not only provides an excellent survey of the latest research on Africa’s past, she also presents a concise and clear argument as to why this history is relevant today.” ?African Studies Review “Recommended.” ?Choice “Grapples with the narratives and facts and where they fit in global perspective, but why this is all salient and critically meaningful to our lives today in terms of lessons we can learn and ideas we can borrow. This is a unique approach not yet available on the market.” ?Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Susquehanna University
Author : Toyin Falola,Christian Jennings
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1580461409
An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is both a snapshot of current academic practice and an attempt to sort throughsome of the problems scholars face within this unfolding web of sources and methods. The book is divided into five sections, each of which begins with a short introduction by a distinguished Africanist scholar. The first sectiondeals with archaeological contributions to historical research. The second section examines the methodologies involved in deciphering historically accurate African ethnic identities from the records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The third section mines old documentary sources for new historical perspectives. The fourth section deals with the method most often associated with African historians, that of drawing historical data from oral tradition. Thefifth section is devoted to essays that present innovative sources and methods for African historical research. Together, the essays in this cutting-edge volume represent the current state of the art in African historical research. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Christian Jennings is a Doctoral Candidatein History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351685153
Authoritative and comprehensive, The History of Africa provides an accessible narrative from earliest prehistory to the present day, with unusual attention paid to the ordinary lives of Africans. This survey includes a wealth of indigenous ideas, African concepts, and traditional outlooks that have escaped the writing of African history in the West. The fully updated new edition includes information on the recent conflicts in Libya and the Sudan, as well as additional content on the experiences and contributions of women. A companion website offers a wealth of supporting resources for each chapter, including new historic maps, primary sources, video and audio clips, and links to sites for further research. Richly illustrated and clearly written, this volume is an indispensable introduction to the major developments, personalities, and events that have shaped the history of the African continent.
Author : J. N. Nartey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798223954996
TitChronicles of Ancient Africa: A Journey Through Time Delve into the epic saga of Africa's rich and diverse history in "Chronicles of Ancient Africa: A Journey Through Time." This captivating book invites you to embark on a remarkable expedition through the annals of a continent that is both the cradle of humanity and the birthplace of vibrant civilizations. From the dawn of our species to the heights of ancient empires, this book unveils the hidden treasures of African history. Discover the origins of early humans in Africa's fertile landscapes and follow in the footsteps of archaeological giants like Lucy as they reveal the secrets of our shared ancestry. Explore the towering pyramids of Egypt and the mysteries of Nubia, where powerful kingdoms once thrived along the banks of the Nile. Traverse the legendary trade routes that connected Africa to the world, witnessing the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures that shaped the course of history. Journey through the golden ages of African civilizations, from the wealth of Ghana to the wisdom of Mali, and the artistic brilliance of Benin. Witness the emergence of empires that left an indelible mark on the continent, challenging conventional narratives of Africa's past. As you turn the pages of this meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book, you'll encounter the great pharaohs, the legendary Mansa Musa, and the enduring legacies of African leaders and thinkers. You'll also explore the profound contributions of Africa to art, science, and culture, and understand the intricate web of trade and interactions that crisscrossed the continent. "Chronicles of Ancient Africa" goes beyond history; it is a celebration of resilience, creativity, and the enduring spirit of African peoples. It invites you to discover the rich tapestry of Africa's past and appreciate the vibrant cultures that continue to shape its present and future. This is more than a book; it is an expedition into the heart of Africa, a journey through time that will leave you enlightened, inspired, and forever changed. Join us on this remarkable odyssey as we unveil the untold stories and hidden treasures of Ancient Africa.