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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)

An African civilization in the heart of the Sahara: the Kawar oasis-towns from 850-1913

A complete history of Harar; the city of Saints (1050-1887 AD)

Demystifying the land of Punt and locating ancient Egypt's place in African History

The stone ruins of Bokoni: egalitarian systems and agricultural technology in pre-colonial South Africa. (16th-19th century)

State archives and scribal practices in central Africa: A literary history of Kahenda (1677-1926)

An enigmatic west African Art tradition: The 9th century bronze-works of Igbo Ukwu.

The invention of writing in an African kingdom: a history of the Bamum script (1897-1931)

The desert kingdom of Africa: A complete history of Wadai (1611-1912)

Maritime trade, Shipbuilding and African sailors in the indian ocean: a complete history of East African seafaring

An African kingdom's existential war against the British colonial empire: the Anglo-Bunyoro wars (1872-1899)

The complete history of Aksum: an ancient African metropolis (50-1900AD)

The Art of Power in central Africa: the political and artistic history of the Kuba kingdom (1620-1900)

Foundations of Trade and Education in medieval west Africa: the Wangara diaspora.

An African-centered intellectual world; the scholarly traditions and literary production of the Bornu empire (11th-19th century)

An African kingdom on the edge of empires: Noubadia between Rome and the Caliphate. (400-700AD)

Kilwa, the complete chronological history of an East-African emporium: 800-1842.

One woman's mission to unite a divided kingdom: Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the restoration of Kongo. (1704-1706)

The kingdom of Mutapa and the Portuguese: on the failure of conquistadors in Africa (1571-1695)

Creating an African writing system: the Vai script of Liberia (1833-present)

Constructing Peace in a pre-colonial African state: Diplomacy and the ceremony of dialogue in Asante

Constructing a global Monument in Africa: the Zagwe Kingdom and the Rock-cut churches of Lalibela -Ethiopia (12th-13th century)

Centralizing power in an African pastoral society: The Ajuran Empire of Somalia (16th-17th century)

An African island at the nexus of global trade: The Comoros island of Nzwani from 750-1889AD

Trans-continental trade in Central Africa: The Lunda empire's role in linking the Indian and Atlantic Worlds. (1695-1870)

Revealing African spatial concepts in external documents: How the Hausalands became "cartographically visible".

Women Writing Africa: a catalogue of women scholars across the African continent from antiquity until the 19th century

The creation of an African lingua franca: the Hausa trading diaspora in West Africa. (1700-1900)

The Art of early Atlantic contacts: Sapi ivory artists and Portuguese buyers in Sierra Leone (1490-1540)

A network of African scholarship and a culture of Education: The intellectual history of west Africa through the biography of Hausa scholar Umaru al-Kanawi (1857-1934)

An African anti-Colonial alliance of convenience: Ethiopia and Sudan in the 19th century

Economic growth and cultural syncretism in 19th century East Africa: Trade and Swahili acculturation on the African mainland

Revolution and Upheaval in pre-colonial southern Africa: the view from Kaditshwene.

Knights of the Sahara: A history of military horses and equestrian culture in Africa (1650BC-1916AD)

Africa's 100 years' war at the dawn of colonialism: The Anglo-Asante wars (1807-1900)

What were the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies?: examining research on how the middle passage affected the Population, Politics and Economies of Africa

The evolving image of the European in African art from antiquity until the 19th century: from Roman captives in Kush, to Portuguese traders in Benin, to Belgian colonialists in Congo.

From an African artistic monument to a Museum loot: A history of the 16th century Benin bronze plaques.

State building in ancient west Africa: from the Tichitt neolithic civilization to the empire of Ghana (2,200BC-1250AD)

Global encounters and a century of political transformation in a medieval African empire: the emergence of Gondarine Ethiopia 1529-1636

The Portuguese and the Swahili, from foes to unlikely partners: Afro-European interface in the early modern era

Christian Nubia, Muslim Egypt and the Crusaders: a complex mosaic of Diplomacy and Warfare.

Between Africa and India: Trade, Population movements and cultural exchanges in the Indian ocean world

The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy

Hausa urban architecture: construction and design in a cosmopolitan African society

Stone palaces in the mountains : Great Zimbabwe and the ruined cities of southern Africa

Morocco, Songhai, Bornu and the quest to create an African empire to rival the Ottomans.

The power of the pen in African history; composing, editing and manipulating history for political legitimation: comparing Ethiopia's Kebrä Nägäst and Songhai's Tārīkh al-fattāsh.

Ancient Ife and its masterpieces of African art: transforming glass, copper and terracotta into sculptural symbols of power and ritual

The kingdom of Kongo and the Portuguese: diplomacy, trade, warfare and early Afro-European interactions (1483-1670)

The Meroitic empire, Queen Amanirenas and the Candaces of Kush: power and gender in an ancient African state