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Additional Physical Format: | Version électronique: Asante, Molefi K., 1942- History of Africa : the quest for eternal harmony. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Molefi K Asante |
ISBN: | 9780415844550 041584455X 9780415844543 0415844541 |
OCLC Number: | 907661543 |
Description: | xvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Contents: | PrefaceNote on the Second EditionIntroductionPART ONE: THE TIME OF THE AWAKENINGChapter 1 Africa and the Origin of HumanityPART TWO: THE AGE OF LITERACYChapter 2 Africa and the Beginning of CivilizationChapter 3: The Rise of Kemet/ EgyptChapter 4: The Elements of Early African CivilizationChapter 5: Governance and the Political Stability of KemetPART THREE: THE MOMENT OF REALIZATIONChapter 6: The Emergence of the Great River KingdomsPART FOUR: THE AGE OF CONSTRUCTIONChapter 7: The Spread of Classical Empires and KingdomsChapter 8: The Sudanic Empires: Historians and Their NarrativesChapter 9: Generators of Traditional and Contemporary AfricaChapter 10: Societies of Secrets: Farmers and MetallurgistsPART FIVE: THE TIME OF THE CHAOSChapter 11: Arab and European Missionaries, Merchants and MercenariesChapter 12: Resisting European and Arab Slave TradersPART SIX: THE AGE OF RECONSTRUCTIONChapter 13: Africa Regains Consciousness in a Pan African ExplosionPART SEVEN: THE TIME FOR CONSOLIDATIONChapter 14: Africa Consolidates IndependenceChapter 15: Toward a United States of Africa without CompromiseAppendices1: Chronology of African History2: African Union Resolution on South Sudan3: Some African Ethnic Groups4: Major Linguistic ComplexesBibliographyIndex |
Responsibility: | Molefi Kete Asante. |
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"Molefi Kete Asante is an important scholar-activist whose intellectual contributions to the forward progression of African peoples cannot be overstated. This updated edition honors Asante's `Elder Djelis' with its new research, sources, and interpretation on a myriad of issues and events including the deaths of Madiba and Achebe, conflicts in Senegal, Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo, terrorism in Nigeria, the `Arab Spring,' and much more."-Will Guzman, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Read more...
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