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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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WHEN AFRICANS WROTE THEIR OWN HISTORY; A CATALOGUE OF AFRICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY AFRICAN SCRIBES FROM ANTIQUITY UNTIL THE EVE OF…
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The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
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State building in ancient west Africa: from the Tichitt neolithic civilization to the empire of Ghana (2,200BC-1250AD)
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When Africa discovered Europe
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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