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