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Until recently, Africa was considered by many as a land without writing, where all information about the past was transmitted orally and griots sung…
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Towards an understanding of naturalist (realistic) art in the African context
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On the history of a west-central African power in the early Atlantic world and the question of African agency.
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On the enigma of Meroe
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Mainstream discourses on African history have been shaped by frustrations; between its eurocentric foundations and afrocentric distractions, between…
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"There are four great kingdoms in the world: Persia, Rome, Aksum and China; none surpasses them"
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Explaining the relative political fragmentation of Africa on the eve of colonialism
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The origin of the positive descriptions of Kush and "Black African" people in classical literature
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An overview of textiles from sub-Saharan Africa
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Dotted along the east African coast are hundreds of urban settlements perched on the foreshore, their whitewashed houses of coral rag masonry crowd…
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On ancient Africa's accomplishments in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
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