Approaching African History
Critical Currents and Crosscurrents since 1960
1st Edition
Published on 17. January 2013
368 pages
978-1-78204-064-4 (ISBN)
Description
Explores how the conception of Africa and its history has changed over time and narrates the story of this vast continent over the past 10,000 years.
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PART I The Problem of African History
The Problem of Definition
Solving the Problem: the Search for Information
Solving the Problem: the Writing of African History PART II The Making of African Society A: The Archaeological Dimension
From Hunting and Gathering to Herding and Farming
From Herding and Farming to Cities and States
The Peopling of the South B: The Ethnographic Dimension
Men and Women
From Kinship to Kingship
The Mind of Africa
The Empires of the South PART III Africa in the World C: The Written Dimension
Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern
Ancient Egypt and Nubia
The World of Greece and Rome
Rome beyond the Imperial Frontiers D: The Scriptural Dimension
Christianity and the World of Late Antiquity
The Arabs and Islam
Islam, the Sahara and the Land of the Blacks
Islam and Christianity in the East
Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun PART IV The Unification of Africa E: The European Dimension
The Age of Empire
An Islamic Africa
Between the Americas and the Indies F: The European Invasion
A History in Change
After Napoleon
The Reconfiguration of Africa
The Reorganisation of Africa
The Reaction of Africa PART V The Arrival of African History G:The Present Dimension
The Resurgence of Africa
Africa in Contemporary History
The Approach to African History
The Problem of Definition
Solving the Problem: the Search for Information
Solving the Problem: the Writing of African History PART II The Making of African Society A: The Archaeological Dimension
From Hunting and Gathering to Herding and Farming
From Herding and Farming to Cities and States
The Peopling of the South B: The Ethnographic Dimension
Men and Women
From Kinship to Kingship
The Mind of Africa
The Empires of the South PART III Africa in the World C: The Written Dimension
Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern
Ancient Egypt and Nubia
The World of Greece and Rome
Rome beyond the Imperial Frontiers D: The Scriptural Dimension
Christianity and the World of Late Antiquity
The Arabs and Islam
Islam, the Sahara and the Land of the Blacks
Islam and Christianity in the East
Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun PART IV The Unification of Africa E: The European Dimension
The Age of Empire
An Islamic Africa
Between the Americas and the Indies F: The European Invasion
A History in Change
After Napoleon
The Reconfiguration of Africa
The Reorganisation of Africa
The Reaction of Africa PART V The Arrival of African History G:The Present Dimension
The Resurgence of Africa
Africa in Contemporary History
The Approach to African History
