A Short History of Africa
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A Short History of Africa by Roland Oliver
During the twentieth century the center of the world shifted. The dramatic alterations in political power have corrected the once prevalent vision of a European-centered world. While the centers of European culture flourished, decayed, and sprouted in turn, empires in Africa rose, ruled, resisted, and succumbed. Much of Africa's past has now been excavated from ignorance and error, revealing a rich and previously little-known human heritage. This classic work draws on the whole range of literature about Africa as well as evidence provided by archaeology, oral traditions, language relationships, and social institutions. It marshals the most authoritative views of African specialists into an absorbing narrative and puts forward original conclusions that take the study of Africa a stage further.
Fage, J. D.: -
John Donnelly Fage (1921-2002) was educated at Cambridge. He first became interested in Africa when his service with the Royal Air Force took him to various parts of the continent. In a long collaboration with Roland Oliver, his contemporary at Cambridge, he founded the Journal of African History. Together they also edited the eight-volume Cambridge History of Africa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140410020 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140410023 |
| Title | A Short History of Africa |
| Author | Roland Oliver |
| Series | African S |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Year published | 1970-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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