History of Africa

KEVIN SHILLINGTON trained history teachers at the University of Botswana in the 1980s. His years of teaching experience in Africa have included African History at school and university level. He holds an MA and PhD in African History from the University of London, UK, is the author of many books on African history and is a renowned authority in this field.

History of Africa remains the best introductory textbook on the market. This comprehensive and engaging overview of African history takes the reader on a fascinating journey from human origins to the present.

• IntroductionSECTION ONE: EARLY AND LATER PRE-HISTORY1 Early prehistory of Africa2 Later prehistory: farming and pastoralism in tropical Africa and Ancient EgyptSECTION TWO: EARLY IRON AGE3 The impact of iron in north and west Africa4 The Early Iron Age in central, eastern and southern AfricaSECTION THREE: RELIGION AND EMPIRE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AFRICA5 North Africa to 1000 CE6 Trans-Saharan trade and the kingdom of ancient Ghana7 Islam and the Sudanic states of west AfricaSECTION FOUR: RELIGION, TRADE AND CHIEFTAINCY IN EASTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA8 Eastern Africa to the sixteenth century9 Later Iron Age states and societies of central and southern Africa to the sixteenth century10 Trading towns of the east African coast to the sixteenth centurySECTION FIVE: WEST AFRICA IN THE ERA OF THE SLAVE TRADE11 The Atlantic slave trade, sixteenth to eighteenth century12 West African states and societies, to the eighteenth centurySECTION SIX: STATE RENEWAL AND FORMATION IN NORTH, EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA13 North and north-east Africa to the eighteenth century14 Central and eastern Africa to the eighteenth century15 Southern Africa to the eighteenth centurySECTION SEVEN: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BEFORE THE EUROPEAN ‘SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA’16 West Africa in the nineteenth century17 The ending of the Atlantic slave trade18 Christian Missions, new States and pre-colonial ‘nationalism’19 Central and east Africa in the nineteenth century20 Pre-industrial southern Africa in the nineteenth century21 North and north-east Africa in the nineteenth centurySECTION EIGHT: THE CHALLENGE OF CULTURAL AND POLITICAL IMPERIALISM, LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY22 Colonial conquest and African resistance in east, north-central and west Africa23 Industrialisation, colonial conquest and African resistance in south-central and southern AfricaSECTION NINE: THE IMPACT AND NATURE OF COLONIAL RULE, 1890-194524 Consolidation of empire: the early period of colonial rule25 Africa between the wars: the high tide of colonial rule26 The Second World War and AfricaSECTION TEN: THE OVERTHROW OF COLONIALISM27 The winning of independence (1)28 The winning of independence (2)29 The winning of independence (3)SECTION ELEVEN: AFRICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE30 African responses to the colonial legacy31 The challenges and dilemmas of development: debt and international aid32 Contemporary AfricaFurther ReadingIndex.