Book Description
Describes the history and civilization of Africa.
Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 28,55 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809490257
Describes the history and civilization of Africa.
Author : Daniel Chu
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780865431669
A review of 800 years of African history, focusing on the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, and revealing the military, educational, and political supremacy during that time.
Author : Chaucer Press
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2007-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781844470556
Author : Air University (U.S.). Library
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 38,20 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : John G. Jackson
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 28,89 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN :
Embark on a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of African history with John G. Jackson's groundbreaking work, Introduction to African Civilizations. This comprehensive volume explores the magnificent civilizations that flourished on the African continent long before the advent of European colonization. From the awe-inspiring pyramids of ancient Egypt to the sophisticated city-states of West Africa, Jackson's meticulously researched and elegantly written book unveils the untold stories of Africa's glorious past. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for truth, Jackson challenges long-held misconceptions and sheds light on the remarkable achievements of African peoples, making this book an essential read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of world history.
Author : Martin Chiro
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 18,53 MB
Release : 2022-03-03
Category :
ISBN :
The African in me is a nonfiction novel on a few narratives of African history from when the continent was great to how it lost almost everything to the outside world. It also includes how the continent can be great again. The reason I thought of writing this book was because I believed that the history of Africa is either hidden, erased, misinterpreted or whitewashed. This has kept the people of Africa in the dark for a long time. It is what has prevented an awakening; for if someone knows of how great he can be then you cannot keep them under servitude.This is a book that talks of a land that was inhabited by a royal and intelligent people. People that gave birth to the world's greatest civilizations. These are stories that most Africans do not know about, it is because they have never been told to them. The stories have been intentionally hidden from us. On the contrary, we have been told of a primitive people of whom their entire existence has been branded as a shortcoming of nature. That is a lie! Africans have had a great history. Despite facing a ruthless world, we have always found meaning in life, we saved humanity from being consumed by the fires of barbaric acts. When the world was acting inhumanely, our freedom movements brought sanity, we showed the world how diverse humans can coexist.The darkness about our history is what we should be ashamed of, not that of our skin for it is said that the darkest thing in Africa is not our skin colour but our ignorance about the continent. So where did the rain start to beat us? This research has been mainly through watching documentaries, reading books, and attending history webinars, especially from the onset of Covid-19 where almost everything was done online. In this phase, is when I came across professionals in the history field. I began reading from Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop, Chancellor Williams, Dr. Henrik Clarke, Rudolph R. Windsor, Prof. Ivan Van Sertima, Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, only to mention a few. I listened more to Prof. PLO Lumumba, Minister Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, and Bob Marley. All these master teachers aimed at rewriting the true history of Africa. The history that had been whitewashed or misinterpreted was now been written in its truthful form. After having a story worth sharing, I began jotting this book. A book to pass down what I had learned from my elders in the field. The story had to get to every African home so I decided to rewrite it in a simpler form that would be readable to everyone including those not yet interested in history. It was the knowledge that the master teachers spent all their entire adult life revealing to us, exactly what gave me a wake-up call. The African in me is a concerned individual. A person agitated by the current state of Africa and Africans even though it is true that we are the most blessed. He constantly challenges me with tough questions like; when did the glorious past disappear? When did we detach our African identity? With all the natural wealth, why is Africa poor? Talk of the mineral deposits, fertile lands, diverse wildlife, etc. These types of questions invoke a war in our minds. A person seeking the answers is always faced with conflicting ideas, whether to believe in the lies we have been raised with or choose the new path of truth. I chose truth, to be a conscious African. When people live under lies for too long, the lies become a norm to them. It makes up their beliefs. Anyone who wakes up to challenge their thinking now becomes the threat. This is the state we have been as Africans, a state of always fighting the African in us. The good news is that the person is a hero. The African never dies, he lives to tell his story. She lives to make her presence felt. Here's the story, a story of how adorable, noble, intelligent the African is. I hope you will fall in love with him and find inspiration from her. The African is you and this is your Story. You were at a point world masters.
Author : Martin Meredith
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1610391322
The definitive story of African nations after they emerged from colonialism -- from Mugabe's doomed kleptocracy to Mandela's inspiring defeat of apartheid. The Fate of Africa has been hailed by reviewers as "A masterpiece....The nonfiction book of the year" (The New York Post); "a magnificent achievement" (Weekly Standard); "a joy," (Wall Street Journal) and "one of the decade's most important works on Africa" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Spanning the full breadth of the continent, from the bloody revolt in Algiers against the French to Zimbabwe's civil war, Martin Meredith's classic history focuses on the key personalities, events and themes of the independence era, and explains the myriad problems that Africa has faced in the past half-century. It covers recent events like the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the controversy over Western aid, the exploitation of Africa's resources, and the growing importance and influence of China.
Author : Rob Marsh
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0799356891
Starting eight million years ago, Understanding Africa provides an accurate and detailed account of the natural, political and social forces that have created the Africa we know of today and which have shaped the continent’s destiny through the ages
Author : Lawrence D. Hogan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780792253068
The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensive history combines vivid narrative, visual impact, and a unique statistical component to re-create the excitement and passion of the Negro Leagues. 75 photos.
Author : John Allembillah Azumah
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1780746857
Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from the colonial period to the most up-to-date scholarship, the author challenges the widely held perception th at, while Christianity oppressed and subjugated the African people, Islam fitted comfortably into the indigenous landscape. Instead, this penetrating account reveals Muslim settlers to be as guilty of enforcing slavery and conversion as those of their more maligned sister tradition. Only with an acknowledgement of the true roles of both faiths in African history, suggests Azumah, can the people of both traditions move themselves and their continent towards a new future of tolerance and self-awareness.