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All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past
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Constructing Peace in a pre-colonial African state: Diplomacy and the ceremony of dialogue in Asante
"Never appeal to the sword while a path lay open for negotiation"
Jul 31
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Constructing a global Monument in Africa: the Zagwe Kingdom and the Rock-cut churches of Lalibela -Ethiopia (12th-13th…
Africa's New Jerusalem?
Jul 24
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Creating an African writing system: the Vai script of Liberia (1833-present)
“There are three books in this world—the European book, the Arabic book, and the Vai book”
Aug 7
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Centralizing power in an African pastoral society: The Ajuran Empire of Somalia (16th-17th century)
A political watershed in the southern Horn of Africa.
Jul 17
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WHEN AFRICANS WROTE THEIR OWN HISTORY; A CATALOGUE OF AFRICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY AFRICAN SCRIBES FROM ANTIQUITY UNTIL THE EVE OF COLONIALSIM
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The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy
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Science and technology in African history; Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine and Metallurgy in pre-colonial Africa
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War and peace in ancient and medieval Africa: The Arms, Amour and Fortifications of African armies and military systems from antiquity until the 19th century.
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Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism and the need to decolonize African history.
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What were the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies?: examining research on how the middle passage affected the Population, Politics and Economies of Africa
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An African island at the nexus of global trade: The Comoros island of Nzwani from 750-1889AD
The history of one of the Indian Ocean world's busiest port cities.
Jul 10
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Trans-continental trade in Central Africa: The Lunda empire's role in linking the Indian and Atlantic Worlds. (1695-1870)
Central Africa's international trade as seen through the travelogues of African writers.
Jul 3
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Revealing African spatial concepts in external documents: How the Hausalands became "cartographically visible".
Interpreting an 18th century Hausa scholar's map of his Homeland.
Jun 26
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Women Writing Africa: a catalogue of women scholars across the African continent from antiquity until the 19th century
A catalogue of 33 scholars in 5 countries.
Jun 19
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The creation of an African lingua franca: the Hausa trading diaspora in West Africa. (1700-1900)
Trade networks beyond ethnicity.
Jun 12
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The Art of early Atlantic contacts: Sapi ivory artists and Portuguese buyers in Sierra Leone (1490-1540)
On African Art influences.
Jun 5
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A network of African scholarship and a culture of Education: The intellectual history of west Africa through the biography of Hausa scholar Umaru al-Kanawi (1857-1934)
The school systems of precolonial Africa.
May 29
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An African anti-Colonial alliance of convenience: Ethiopia and Sudan in the 19th century
From conflict to co-operation
May 22
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WHEN AFRICANS WROTE THEIR OWN HISTORY; A CATALOGUE OF AFRICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY AFRICAN SCRIBES FROM ANTIQUITY UNTIL THE EVE OF COLONIALSIM
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The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy
7
1
Science and technology in African history; Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine and Metallurgy in pre-colonial Africa
7
2
War and peace in ancient and medieval Africa: The Arms, Amour and Fortifications of African armies and military systems from antiquity until the 19th century.
8
Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism and the need to decolonize African history.
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What were the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on African societies?: examining research on how the middle passage affected the Population, Politics and Economies of Africa
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