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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe end result is a compact and readable book that will likely make an impact on students. . . . Fyle's book will certainly find a niche in precolonial African history courses. -- Konrad Tuchscherer, St. John's University, New York
The end result is a compact and readable book that will likely make an impact on students. . . . Fyle's book will certainly find a niche in precolonial African history courses. -- Konrad Tuchscherer, St. John's University, New York
Table of Contentschapter 1 Background to the Study of African History chapter 2 Prehistory, Metal Working and the Agricultural Revolution in Africa chapter 3 Ancient Nile Valley Civilizations chapter 4 North Africa, Islam and the Emergence of the Western Sudan Civilizations chapter 5 Iron Age Societies in East Africa chapter 6 Early Societies in Central and Southern Africa chapter 7 The Kingdom of Mali chapter 8 Songhai, Kanem and Islam in the Forest Regions of West Africa chapter 9 Egypt, the Magrib and Northeast Africa to the Nineteenth Century chapter 10 Nineteenth Century Political Culture chapter 11 Culture and the Economy chapter 12 Coastal Societies and External Influences after 1400 chapter 13 The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and Africa chapter 14 Islam and Political Change in West Africa chapter 15 Nineteenth Century Political Transformations chapter 16 Africa on the Eve of Partition chapter 17 Some Suggested Readings chapter 18 Index
