A History of AfricaA History of Africa is a thorough narrative history of the continent from its beginnings to the twenty-first century. Long established at the forefront of African Studies, this book addresses the events of the 1990s and beyond. The issues discussed include:
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List ofillustrationsand Authorsnote maps | |
Bantu Africa c 1600 to c 1870 | |
The expansion ofEuropean power during the nineteenth | |
The expansion of European power duringthe nineteenth | |
coloniesof settlement | |
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