African History

A Very Short Introduction

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9288573
AutoresJohn Parker (0009-0007-0189-2572), John/ Rathbone Richard Parker, Richard Rathbone
Ano2007
Páginas144
Data de publicação2007-03-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoAfrican History (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/actrade/9780192802484.001.0001
OpenAlexW4205447426
Open LibraryOL23109186M
ISBN9780192802484
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDn-H9c9ePiq4C
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14

African History: A Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented by examining the unity and diversity of African cultures, slavery, religion, colonial conquest, the diaspora, and the importance of history in understanding contemporary Africa. Africa has been known as 'the cradle of mankind', and its recoverable history stretches back to the Pharaohs. But the idea of study of 'African history' itself is new. Why is it still contested and controversial? Who invented the idea of 'Africa'? How is African history pieced together, given such a lack of documentary evidence? How did Africa interact with the world 1,000 years ago

Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · CONQUEST · Diaspora · Diversity (politics · Ethnology · Forgetting · Genealogy · Geography · History of Africa · Linguistics · Out of africa · Sociology · World history · African cultural and philosophical studies · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Africa