The history of Africa the quest for eternal harmony
This book provides a wide ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day. Much African historiography has been about writing Africa for Europe without writing Africa for itself, as itself, from its own perspectives. This book redresses that by letting the perspectives of Afric...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
Routledge
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumario |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. The time of the awakening
- Africa and the origin of humanity
- pt. 2. The age of literacy
- Africa and the beginning of civilization
- The rise of Kemet/Egypt
- The elements of early African civilization
- Governance and the political stability of Kemet
- pt. 3. The moment of realization
- The emergence of the great river kingdoms
- pt. 4. The age of construction
- The spread of classical empires and kingdoms
- The Sudanic empires : historians and their narratives
- Generators of traditional and contemporary Africa
- Societies of secrets : farmers and metallurgists
- pt. 5. The time of chaos
- Arab and European missionaries, merchants, and mercenaries
- Resisting European and Arab slave traders
- pt. 6. The age of reconstruction
- Africa regains consciousness in a Pan-African explosion
- pt. 7. The time for consolidation
- Africa consolidates independence
- Toward a United States of Africa without compromise
- Chronology of African history
- General references
- Architectonic references
- Appendices
- Ethnic groups
- Major linguistic groups
