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A history of currencies and monetary systems in the southern half of Africa

Ancient cities and the development of urbanism in pre-colonial Africa: the view from Bonduku.

The empire of Segu (1712-1861): ethnic ambiguity in a pre-colonial African state

Investigating Africa's historic links with the Old World: ancient DNA and autobiographical evidence from England.

The city states of the Yoruba: a history of pre-colonial West African urbanism (1000-1900 CE)

The ancient Megalith builders of Africa

The invention of Agriculture in Africa: plant domestication and the spread of African crops to Asia and the Americas.

Africans in the Indian Ocean world and the autobiography of a Somali Globetrotter.

Origins and Development of Swahili Architecture (ca. 500-1900 CE)

Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration

The Luba kingdom and the divergent fortunes of pre-colonial Central Africa (1750-1870).

Early industrialization and modernization in 19th century Africa

Mysteries of the Green Sahara and the foundations of Africa’s ancient kingdoms (ca. 10,000-3,500BC)

The indigenous versus foreign origins of West Africa’s pre-colonial architecture.

State, Society and Ethnicity in 19th century Adamawa

Historic links between the Maghreb and West Africa: On the Sanusiyya and anti-colonialism.

The medieval Knights of Ethiopia: a history of the Horse in the northern Horn of Africa (1000-1900CE)

Historic industries of pre-colonial Africa and the glassworkers of ancient Nubia

The ruined stone towns of medieval Somaliland and the empire of Adal (ca. 1415–1577)

Demystifying the stone ruins of pre-colonial Africa

An island bridge in the Indian Ocean: The history of Mayotte in the French Comoros (ca. 800-1841)

Navigable waterways in African history

Stone towns on the Highveld of South Africa: an archaeological history of the Sotho-Tswana capitals (ca. 1450-1850)

The currencies and monetary systems of pre-colonial Africa

A forgotten African empire: the history of medieval Kānem (ca. 800-1472)

Online resources for African history: links to African collections held at 33 Western Museums

What did they write about? : An intellectual history of Timbuktu ca. 1450-1900.

Africans in ancient Greece and Cyprus

The Knights of ancient Nubia: horsemen and charioteers from the kingdom of Kush (ca. 1600BC-400CE)

Chronicles of Africa's most powerful Women sovereigns: Amanirenas, Njinga and Eleni.

A complete history of Mogadishu (ca. 1100-1892)

African cities in the 19th century: cosmopolitan urban spaces between three worlds.

A history of the medieval coastal towns of Mozambique ca. 500-1890 CE.

Internal diasporas and the state in African history

On the history of the Bantu expansion: old misconceptions and new evidence

On the spread of Traditional African religions during the pre-colonial period.

The Nsibidi script ca. 600-1909 CE: a history of an African writing system

The forts and castles of Africa: a brief architectural history.

A complete history of the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of west Africa: from antiquity to the 20th century

The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa