African History: A Very Short Introduction
African History: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Parker, John, Rathbone, Richard
Africa
Published on 1 December 2007 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Very Short Introductions' series.
Paperback / softback | 192 pages, 29 halftones, 4 maps
174 x 110 x 10 | 158g
Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent.
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