Africa : the definitive visual history of a continent

Africa The definitive visual history of a continent

Morenikeji Asaaju

Book - 2024

Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world's second-largest continent in vivid detail. It brings to life the stories that shaped Africa and the world around it, from powerful and influential empires and kingdoms such as Mali and Benin, through the struggle against colonization and the fight for independence to Africa's place on the global stage today.

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Subjects
Africa > History.
Africa > Social life and customs.
Published
New York : DK Publishing 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Morenikeji Asaaju (author)
Other Authors
Adidemi Babalola (author), Jane Bryce (writer of foreword), Obert Mlambo, Patience Motsatsi, Butholezwe Mtombeni, Girma Negash, Raphael Chijioke Njoku, Philip Parker, 1965-, Luke Pepera, Marilee Wood, 1942-, David Olusoga
Edition
First American edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
ISBN
9780744060102
9780241509166
  • 1. African prehistory 5 MYA-3500 BCE
  • African prehistory
  • Africa's environment
  • Namib Desert
  • The shifting Sahara
  • Cradle of humanity
  • The rise of sapiens
  • Stone tools
  • Out of Africa
  • Origins of human culture
  • Rock art
  • The development of agriculture
  • The Bantu migrations
  • 2. Early civilizations 3000 BCE-600 CE
  • Early civilizations
  • The Age of the Pharaohs
  • Ramses II
  • The Ramesseum
  • Egyptian artifacts
  • Kerma and Kush
  • Nubian temple
  • Napata and Meroe
  • Taharqa
  • Writing systems
  • Nok terra-cotta figure
  • The Kingdom of Aksum
  • Carthage
  • Kingdoms of the northwest
  • Hannibal
  • Roman North Africa
  • The arrival of Islam
  • Christian states of the northeast
  • 3. African empires 600-1900 CE
  • African empires
  • Languages
  • The development of East African trade
  • The rise and fall of Wagadou
  • Dogon settlement
  • Riches of the trade routes
  • The Empire of Mali
  • Mansa Musa
  • Djinguereber Mosque
  • Timbuktu manuscript
  • The Aghlabids and Fatimids
  • The Almoravid and Almohad dynasties
  • Koutoubia Mosque
  • The Songhai Empire
  • Askia Muhammad I
  • Kanem-Bornu
  • Rise of the Yoruba
  • The Oyo Empire
  • The Igbo states
  • Nri bronzes
  • Medieval Ethiopia
  • The splendor of Gondar
  • Bete Giyorgis, Lalibela
  • The Ayyubids, Mamluks, and Ottomans
  • Nomads: Bedouin, Tuareg, and Maasai
  • The Kingdom of Benin
  • Oba Ewuare
  • Benin Bronze with oba and attendants
  • Royal power
  • Great Zimbabwe
  • The Great Enclosure
  • The Mossi States
  • Kingdoms of the Luba, Lunda, and Lozi
  • Luba "memory board"
  • The East African Sultanates
  • The Eastern slave trade
  • Textiles
  • Pastoralists and hunter-gatherers
  • Mundari cattle camp, South Sudan
  • Mythology and folklore
  • 4. European encounters 1440-1914
  • European encounters
  • The Atlantic slave trade
  • West African griots
  • Europe in Africa
  • Cape Town
  • Madagascar
  • Ranavalona I
  • Kingdoms of the Great Lakes
  • Rwanda and Burundi
  • The Kingdom of Dahomey
  • Njinga Mbande
  • The Kingdom of Kongo
  • Mangaaka power figure
  • The Sultanate of Zanzibar
  • Stone Town
  • The Asante Empire
  • Osei Tutu
  • The Sokoto Caliphate
  • The Tukulor Empire
  • West African art and craft
  • European explorers
  • Map of Bamum
  • Christian missionaries
  • Shaka and the Zulu Kingdom
  • Cetshwayo
  • The scramble for Africa
  • Congo Free State
  • The African diaspora
  • Colonial wars
  • Resistance and uprisings
  • Jaja of Opobo
  • Exploitation and administration
  • 5. The age of Independence 1914-1994
  • The age of independence
  • Early independence movements
  • Africa and World War II
  • Pan-Africanism
  • Independence from France
  • Independence of Libya and Egypt
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser
  • Independence from Britain
  • Kwame Nkrumah
  • Capturing the new mood
  • Africa and the Cold War
  • Independence from Portugal
  • Samora Machel
  • The fight for Zimbabwe
  • South Africa and apartheid
  • Anti-apartheid poster
  • The legacy of colonization
  • A new political generation
  • The rise of the military
  • Civil wars
  • Africa's Great War
  • The end of apartheid
  • Nelson Mandela
  • 6. Contemporary Africa 1994-
  • Contemporary Africa
  • Reclaiming cultures
  • Beadwork
  • Religions
  • Protecting environments
  • Lagos
  • Sports
  • Feminisms
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Cinema
  • Musical instruments
  • Popular music
  • Bottle-top sculptures
  • Art and activism
  • Writers
  • The future of Africa
  • National histories
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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