Africa African History Before 1885

Name: Africa African History Before 1885
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ISBN: 9780890897683

ISBN-10: 0890897689

ISBN-13: 9780890897683

Edition: 2000

Authors: Toyin Falola

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Africa: Volume 1 begins a series of books which adopt a new perspective on African history and culture, surveying the wide array of societies and states that have existed on the African continent and introducing readers to the diversity of African experiences and cultural expressions. Toyin Falola has brought together African studies professors from a variety of schools and settings. Writing from their individual areas of expertise, these authors work together to break general stereotypes about Africa, focusing instead on the substantive issues of the African past from an African perspective. The texts are richly illustrated and include maps and timelines to make cultural and historical…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 8/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 468
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of The Culture and Customs of Nigeria.Matt D. Childs is Assistant Professor in Caribbean History at Florida State University.



Preface and Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations and Maps


Notes on Authors


Background Knowledge


Section Overview


The Study of Africa in Historical Perspective


The Geography of Africa


Early History


Section Overview


Early History: Traditions of Origins and Archaeological Interpretations


Civilizations of the Upper Nile and North Africa


People and States


Section Overview


Bantu Expansion and Its Consequences


Sudanese Kingdoms of West Africa


Kingdoms of West Africa: Benin, Oyo, and Asante


East African States


Central Africa: People and States


Ethiopia


North Africa: Peoples and States to 1880


Acephalous Societies


The Nineteenth Century


Section Overview


The Jihads in West Africa


The Omani Empire


East and Central Africa in the Nineteenth Century


The Mfecane and South Africa


Africa and Europe


Section Overview


Africa and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade


Euro-African Relations to 1885


Index