| Subject |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History.
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| Descript |
ix, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Contents |
The historical geography of Africa -- Kingdoms of the Nile -- The peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Cows, crops, and iron -- Northeast Africa in the age of Aksum -- Empires of the plains -- East Africa and the Indian Ocean world -- The Lake Plateau of East Africa -- Societies and states of the West African forest -- Kingdoms and trade in central africa -- The peoples and states of southern Africa -- The arrival of Europeans in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Diseases and crops: old and new -- Slavery in Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- The Asian slave trade -- Upsetting the equilibrium -- The European conquest of Africa -- Southern Africa, 1486-1910 -- European colonial rule in Africa -- The colonial legacy -- Nationalism and independence of colonial Africa -- The Union of South Africa and the apartheid state -- A decade of hope -- Cold war Africa -- Africa at the beginning of the 21st century |
| Alt author |
Burns, James McDonald, author.
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| ISBN |
9781107628519 |
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1107628512 |
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