University Press of America
Pages: 192
Trim: 6½ x 9
978-0-7618-1456-6 • Paperback • August 1999 • $56.99 • (£44.00)
C. Magbaily Fyle is Professor in the African-American and African Studies Department, Ohio State University.
chapter 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
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
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