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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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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…
Far from being a continent without history, Africa is simply a continent whose written history has not been studied
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The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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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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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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The Nsibidi script ca. 600-1909 CE: a history of an African writing system
Nsibidi is one of Africa's oldest independently invented writing systems.
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The currencies and monetary systems of pre-colonial Africa
A bewildering variety of currencies circulated freely in the various states and societies of Africa during the pre-colonial period.
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Online resources for African history: links to African collections held at 33 Western Museums
Up to 90% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s material cultural legacy is kept outside of the continent, according to a French government-commissioned 2018 report…
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The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa…
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On the history of the Bantu expansion: old misconceptions and new evidence
The southern half of the African continent is populated by speakers of about 550 closely related languages that are referred to as the Bantu languages.
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The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy
On the mythical "Black Sparta" of Africa.
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