History of Africa, Revised Edition

by Kevin Shillington

• ISBN13: 9780312125981
• ISBN10: 0312125984
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1995-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In a single volume, History of Africa offers an illustrated and critical narrative introduction to the history of the continent from earliest times to the present. Beginning with the evolution of mankind itself, the book traces the history of Africa through the millennia of the ancient world to the centuries of medieval and modern Africa. The clear and simple language the wealth of carefully chosen maps combine to make an essential and accessible text.

Author Biography

Kevin Shillington is currently based in London and works as a freelance historian. He holds an MA and PhD in African History from the University of London and his publications include Jugnauth: Prime Minister of Mauritius (1991) and Ghana and the Rawlings Factor (1992).

Table of Contents

Early Prehistory of Africa

Later Prehistory

The Impact of Iron in Northeast and West Africa

The Early Iron Age and Bantu Migrations

North and Northeastern Africa to 1000 AD

Trans-Saharan Trade and the Kingdom of Ancient Ghana

Islam and the Sudanic States of West Africa

Eastern Africa to the 16th Century

Trading States of the East African Coast to the 16th Century

Later Iron Age States and Societies of Central and Southern Africa to 1600 AD

North and Northeastern Africa to the 18th Century

The Atlantic Slave Trade, 16th-18th Century

West African States and Societies to the 18th Century

Central and Eastern Africa to the 18th Century

Southern Africa to the 18th Century

West Africa in the 19th Century and the Ending of the Slave Trade

Central and East Africa in the 19th Century

Pre-Industrial Southern Africa in the 19th Century

North and Northeast Africa in the 19th Century

Prelude to Empire in Tropical Africa

The European "Scramble," Colonial Conquest and African Resistance in East, North-Central and West Africa

Industrialization, Colonial Conquest and African Resistance in South-Central and Southern Africa

Consolidation of Empire

Africa between the Wars

The Second World War and Africa

The Winning of Independence (1)

The Winning of Independence (2)

Africa since Independence (1)

Africa since Independence (2)

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