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Prior to the original publication of Africa in History, the history and development of Africa had been measured by the European concept of "civilization," applying a Eurocentric approach to African art and literature. Basil Davidson's landmark work presents the inner growth of Africa and its worldwide significance, the internal dynamic of its old civilizations and their links with Asia, Europe and America, as well as the development of specific areas, tribes and cultures. From accounts of the days of the green Sahara and the great iron age, the earliest Portuguese colonization, the coming of slavery and the subsequent legacy of violence and mistrust, the growth of Islam in the north and the cults of the Congo, the sophistication of art and architecture, and the pattern behind social and tribal mores, the entire picture of the continent emerges. This revised edition reflects the recent astonishing changes in South Africa, including the release of Nelson Mandela.
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This book's purpose is to record the history of the Africans as the subject in its own right that it has become, and to do this within a continental framework from early times.
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- Title Africa in History
- Author Basil Davidson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-12-01
- ISBN 9780684826677 / 0684826674
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Library of Congress subjects Africa - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90023905
- Dewey Decimal Code 960
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Africa, the journal of the International African Institute
The best work now available to the general public on the main outlines of the prestigious past of the African continent.
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