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This book is an innovative, important, and courageous addition to African and world history scholarship. . . . Africa's Past is a much-needed text for teaching African history. Smythe not only provides an excellent survey of the latest research on Africa's past, she also presents a concise and clear argument as to why this history is relevant today.

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Introduction: Why We Need African History
Part 1. The Long Durée
1. Human Evolution and Becoming Human
2. Agriculture in History
3. Africans' Adaptions to Climate Change: Past and Present
Part 2. Cultural Differentiation
4. Heterarchy and Hierarchy
5. Cultural Diffusion
6. Matriliny
Part 3. Globalization
7. Colonialism and Development (with Heidi Frontani)
8. Africa's Development Assistance (with Heidi Frontani)
9. African Economics
10. Failed States? The Successful Somalia

Africas Past Our Future

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 6 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780253016553
      978-0253016553
      ISBN-10 025301655X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      This book is an innovative, important, and courageous addition to African and world history scholarship. . . . Africa's Past is a much-needed text for teaching African history. Smythe not only provides an excellent survey of the latest research on Africa's past, she also presents a concise and clear argument as to why this history is relevant today.

      * African Studies Review *

      Recommended.

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Why We Need African History
      Part 1. The Long Durée
      1. Human Evolution and Becoming Human
      2. Agriculture in History
      3. Africans' Adaptions to Climate Change: Past and Present
      Part 2. Cultural Differentiation
      4. Heterarchy and Hierarchy
      5. Cultural Diffusion
      6. Matriliny
      Part 3. Globalization
      7. Colonialism and Development (with Heidi Frontani)
      8. Africa's Development Assistance (with Heidi Frontani)
      9. African Economics
      10. Failed States? The Successful Somalia

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