{"product_id":"the-history-of-africa-9781032396149","title":"The History of Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new edition of this comprehensive survey of African history provides an accessible overview of the continent's narrative, focusing on the autonomy and achievements of the African people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book brings readers closer to an authentic Africa by paying close attention to the lives of everyday people and highlighting insights and ideas that are often missed in typical survey texts. The fourth edition offers expanded coverage of smaller linguistic and ethnic groups in Africa in order to provide a more inclusive history, noting a few individual groups while also analyzing their contributions to the overall narrative and African culture. Liberia's hidden history is given greater attention in this updated volume, as well as the ethnic and religious tensions in Nigeria and Sudan. While the book emphasizes that African history is always being made, the fourth edition brings the record up to date and grapples with contemporary issues in culture and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eThe History of Africa \u003c\/i\u003ethe historian and philosopher Molefi Kete Asante has extended the reach of his already best-selling and popular book. This edition is heavily illustrated with updated photographs, charts, and graphs as well as key narratives on themes and memes in politics, ecology, and demographics. The unique and well-researched areas of history involving the agency of the African people themselves are further highlighted with dramatic examples that bring to life the experiences of the ordinary people of Africa, and narrations of documents central to understanding the unfolding of African history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e written by the most prolific African American scholar is already one of the most classic books ever written on African history. It is praised by scholars who have studied Africa for decades as well as those who are newcomers to the field. Asante’s history releases the history of Africa from the chains of observers who see Africa as object and his work thrusts the continent and its people into the forefront of Africa as actors, not as spectators to the visions of others. In this way Asante’s fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eThe History of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary work based solidly on the grounding that comes from the overwhelming nature of the evidence, resources, and experiences of African people. No other history of Africa is so conscious of the narrative of its people from human origin to the 21st century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJabali Ade\u003c\/b\u003e, Temple University, USA, editor of \u003ci\u003eAfrocentricity in Afro-Futurism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Fourth Edition, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Time of Awakening \u003c\/b\u003e 1. Africa and the Origin of Humanity \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Age of Literacy \u003c\/b\u003e2. Africa and the Beginning of Civilization 3. The Rise of Kemet\/Egypt 4. The Elements of Early African Civilization 5. Governance and the Political Stability of Kemet \u003cb\u003ePart III: The Moment of Realization \u003c\/b\u003e6. The Emergence of the Great River Kingdoms \u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Age of Construction \u003c\/b\u003e7. The Spread of Classical Empires and Kingdoms 8. The Sudanic Empires: Historians and Their Narratives 9. Generators of Traditional and Contemporary Africa 10. Societies of Secrets and Institutions \u003cb\u003ePart V: The Time of Chaos \u003c\/b\u003e11. Arab and European Missionaries, Merchants, and Mercenaries 12. Resisting European and Arab Slave Traders \u003cb\u003ePart VI: The Age of Reconstruction \u003c\/b\u003e13. Africa Regains Consciousness in a Pan-African Explosion \u003cb\u003ePart VII: The Time for Consolidation \u003c\/b\u003e14. Africa Consolidates Independence 15. Toward a United States of Africa Without Compromise: Creation of the African Union\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019028627799,"sku":"9781032396149","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032396149.jpg?v=1750779085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-africa-9781032396149","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}