A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts.
This is the first book for nonspecialists to explore the great precolonial kingdoms of Africa that have been marginalized throughout history.
Great Kingdoms of Africa aims to decenter European colonialism and slavery as the major themes of African history and instead explore the kingdoms, dynasties, and city-states that have shaped cultures across the African continent.
This groundbreaking book offers an innovative and thought-provoking overview that takes us from ancient Egypt and Nubia to the Zulu Kingdom almost two thousand years later. Each chapter is written by a leading historian, interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, including oral histories and recent archaeological findings.
Great Kingdoms of Africa is a timely and vital book for anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of Africa’s rich history.
Table of Content
Contents
Foreword
Reclaiming Ancestral Narratives
Sir David Adjaye OBE
Introduction
Kings, Kingship and Kingdoms in African History
John Parker
Chapter 1
Ancient Egypt and Nubia: Kings of Flood and Kings of Rain
David Wengrow
Chapter 2
The Sudanic Empires: The Gold, the Arts, the River
Rahmane Idrissa
Chapter 3
The Solomonic Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia
Habtamu Tegegne and Wendy Laura Belcher
Chapter 4
The Yoruba and Benin Kingdoms
Olatunji Ojo
Chapter 5
The Kongo Kingdom
Cécile Fromont
Chapter 6
Buganda
John Parker
Chapter 7
From Hausa Kingdoms to the Sokoto Caliphate
Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe
Chapter 8
The Akan Forest Kingdom of Asante
John Parker
Chapter 9
The Zulu Kingdom
Wayne Dooling
Notes
Sources of Illustrations
Contributors
Index
About the author
John Parker is Senior Lecturer in the History of Africa at SOAS, University of London, and coauthor and coeditor of African History: A Very Short Introduction and The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History, respectively. Essays by David Wengrow · Rahmane Idrissa · Cécile Fromont · Olatunji Ojo · Habtamu Tegegne and Wendy Laura Belcher · Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe · Wayne Dooling
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