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The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)

on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain

The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)

Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush

The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to Eastern Congo.

The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918.

A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.

The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa

Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.

The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.

An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.

A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of twenty countries across four continents.

The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)

Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.

The complete history of Zeila (Zayla), a medieval city in Somaliland: ca. 800-1885 CE.

Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th century Germany.

a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.

A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.

The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.

a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi society of Kongo

A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.

a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.

The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.

a brief note on themes in African art.

A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.

a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.

The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.

Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.

A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.

a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.

The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.

a brief note on African travel literature in history

Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)

a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa

Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)

a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.

The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob

a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora

The General History of Africa

Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa

The complete history of Brava (Barawa) ca. 1000-1900: a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia

a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'

A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.

a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.

The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)

a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature

The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and Bornu.

a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa

State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)

Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean

A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.

a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.