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The history of Africa : the quest for harmony / Molefi Kete Asante.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge ; New York, NY : Taylor & Francis,2007 2007.Description: 397p.; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415771382 (hbk.)
  • 9780415771382 (hbk.)
  • 0415771390 (pbk.)
  • 9780415771399 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 960 ASA
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. The time of the awakening -- Africa and the origin of humanity -- pt. 2. The age of literacy -- Africa and the beginning of civilization -- The rise of Kemet/Egypt -- The elements of early African civilization -- Governance and the political stability of Kemet -- pt. 3. The moment of realization -- The emergence of the great river kingdoms -- pt. 4. The age of construction -- The spread of classical empires and kingdoms -- The Sudanic empires : historians and their narratives -- Generators of traditional and contemporary Africa -- Societies of secrets : farmers and metallurgists -- pt. 5. The time of chaos -- Arab and European missionaries, merchants, and mercenaries -- Resisting European and Arab slave traders -- pt. 6. The age of reconstruction -- Africa regains consciousness in a Pan-African explosion -- pt. 7. The time for consolidation -- Africa consolidates independence -- Toward a United States of Africa without compromise -- Chronology of African history -- General references -- Architectonic references -- Appendices -- Ethnic groups -- Major linguistic groups.
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

distributer: Baccah

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The time of the awakening -- Africa and the origin of humanity -- pt. 2. The age of literacy -- Africa and the beginning of civilization -- The rise of Kemet/Egypt -- The elements of early African civilization -- Governance and the political stability of Kemet -- pt. 3. The moment of realization -- The emergence of the great river kingdoms -- pt. 4. The age of construction -- The spread of classical empires and kingdoms -- The Sudanic empires : historians and their narratives -- Generators of traditional and contemporary Africa -- Societies of secrets : farmers and metallurgists -- pt. 5. The time of chaos -- Arab and European missionaries, merchants, and mercenaries -- Resisting European and Arab slave traders -- pt. 6. The age of reconstruction -- Africa regains consciousness in a Pan-African explosion -- pt. 7. The time for consolidation -- Africa consolidates independence -- Toward a United States of Africa without compromise -- Chronology of African history -- General references -- Architectonic references -- Appendices -- Ethnic groups -- Major linguistic groups.

catalogued by: wessam

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