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The indigenous versus foreign origins of West Africa’s pre-colonial architecture.
Architecture is an aspect of culture that mediates between man and his environment, and it has been one of the first of the arts to adopt new materials…
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State, Society and Ethnicity in 19th century Adamawa
Most of the largest states in pre-colonial Africa were made up of culturally heterogeneous communities that were products of historical processes rather…
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Historic links between the Maghreb and West Africa: On the Sanusiyya and anti-colonialism.
The modern separation of Africa into a “Mediterranean” North and a “Sub-Saharan” South had little basis in the historical geographies and political…
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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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 General History of Africa
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Stone towns on the Highveld of South Africa: an archaeological history of the Sotho-Tswana capitals (ca. 1450-1850)
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
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The Nsibidi script ca. 600-1909 CE: a history of an African writing system
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The medieval Knights of Ethiopia: a history of the Horse in the northern Horn of Africa (1000-1900CE)
Pre-colonial Africa was home to some of the oldest and most diverse equestrian societies in the world.
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Historic industries of pre-colonial Africa and the glassworkers of ancient Nubia
Significant strides have been made over the last decades in the study of the pre-colonial industries of Africa, especially regarding their emergence and…
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The ruined stone towns of medieval Somaliland and the empire of Adal (ca. 1415–1577)
At the end of the Middle Ages, a flourishing network of urban sites and stone settlements was integrated into the empire of Adal which covered large…
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Demystifying the stone ruins of pre-colonial Africa
The architectural heritage of pre-colonial Africa includes numerous stone monuments and cities whose construction and function are sufficiently…
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An island bridge in the Indian Ocean: The history of Mayotte in the French Comoros (ca. 800-1841)
The Comoros archipelago, a natural stopover between the East African coast and Madagascar, was a crossroads for travelers and seafarers from across the…
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Navigable waterways in African history
Pre-colonial African coastal societies had extensive experience with seaborne navigation, which opened up connections between the continent and the rest…
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Stone towns on the Highveld of South Africa: an archaeological history of the Sotho-Tswana capitals (ca. 1450-1850)
The eastern plateau of South Africa, known as the Highveld, is dotted with the ruins of numerous stone towns founded at the end of the Middle Ages.
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