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Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.

Roads and wheeled transport in African history.

The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)

a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.

The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage

a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent

Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)

a brief note on the history of Music in Africa

The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.

a brief note on the origin of African civilizations

Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.

a brief note on the African exploration of Asia

A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.

a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts

How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in the 16th and 19th century.

a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world

A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)

**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history

Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)

a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion

A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.

a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history

A history of the Buganda kingdom.

On Hegel's ignorance of African History

Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914

A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)

A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)

A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.

Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)

A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.

Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.

A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)

A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.

A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)

The complete history of Kano (999-1903)

A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900

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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)

When Africa discovered Europe

A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)

The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906

A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD

A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD

A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)

The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush

Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.

The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen

A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)

An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817

The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British

The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns (1515-1909)

Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century