Great kingdoms of Africa

Book 2023

This is the first book for nonspecialists to explore the great precolonial kingdoms of Africa that have been marginalized throughout history. Great Kingdoms of Africa aims to decenter European colonialism and slavery as the major themes of African history and instead explore the kingdoms, dynasties, and city-states that have shaped cultures across the African continent. This groundbreaking book offers an innovative and thought-provoking overview...

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Africa Civilization

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ISBN:

9780520395671

Description:

320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword. Reclaiming ancestral narratives / Sir David Adjaye
Introduction. Kings, kingship and kingdoms in African history / John Parker
Ancient Egypt and Nubia: kings of flood and kings of rain / David Wengrow
The Sudanic empires: the gold, the arts, the river / Rahmane Idrissa
The Solomonic Christian kingdom of Ethiopia / Habtamu Tegegne and Wendy Laura Belcher
The Yoruba and Benin kingdoms / Olatunji Ojo
The Kongo kingdom / Cécile Parker
From Hausa kingdoms to the Sokoto caliphate / Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe
The Akan forest kingdom of Asante / John Parker
The Zulu kingdom / Wayne Dooling

Control Number:

3246587

Other Authors:

Adjaye, David, 1966- writer of foreword
Parker, John, 1960- editor

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