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a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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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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a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in the 16th and 19th century.
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies…
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny…
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in the 16th and 19th century.
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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