African history: a very short introduction

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this 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...

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Hauptverfasser: Parker, John 1960- (VerfasserIn), Rathbone, Richard 1942- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007
Schriftenreihe:Very short introductions 160
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Zusammenfassung:Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this 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 historical examples
Beschreibung:"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."--Ebook Library
The idea of Africa -- Africans: diversity and unity -- Africa's past: historical sources -- Africa in the world -- Colonialism in Africa -- Imagining the future, rebuilding the past -- Memory and forgetting, past and present
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (184 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits
ISBN:9780191775567
9780191516597
0191516597
DOI:10.1093/actrade/9780192802484.001.0001

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