The History of Africa

The Quest for Eternal Harmony

Second Edition

Student Resources: Part IV

Click on the tabs below to view a Further Reading list for Part IV, and additional resources for each of the chapters in this section of the book.

Further Reading

The age of construction

Cox, G.O. (1992). African Empires and Civilizations: Ancient and Medieval. Pan-African Publications. Lilongwe, Malawi.

Davidson, B. (1971). A Guide to African History. New York, NY: Doubleday.

Davidson, B. (1995). Africa in History. New York, NY: Touchstone.

Degraft-Johnson, J. D. (1998). African Glory: The Story of Vanished Negro Civilizations. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press.

Ehret, C. (2002). The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.

Murray J, S, B. A. (2007). Africa: Cultural Atlas for Young People. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publications.

Philips, J. E. (2007). Writing African History. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

Chapter 7

Weblinks

  1. History of Nubia. University of Santa Barbara Department of Anthropology
    http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/research/nubia_history.html
  2. Carthage. Ancient History Encyclopedia
    http://www.ancient.eu.com/carthage/
  3. Hannibal of Carthage. Black History Heroes
    http://www.blackhistoryheroes.com/2012/07/hannibal-barca-of-carthage-north-africa.html
  4. The Rise of the Aksum Obelisk is the Rise of Ethiopian History. Dr. Ayele Bekerie, Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center http://hornofafrica.newark.rutgers.edu/downloads/aksum.pdf

Audio/Video

  1. Ge’ez: Life of a Dead Language. ELA Toronto
    http://youtu.be/nEM5vHfYOY8

Images

  1. Bab Souika, Tunis (Tunisia, 1899). Library of CongressPrints and Photographs DivisionPhotochrom Prints Collection

Chapter 8

Weblinks

  1. The Travels of Ibn Battuta
    http://ibnbattuta.berkeley.edu/
  2. Leo Africanus Description of Timbuktu. Fordham University
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/leo_afri.asp
  3. African Kingdoms. Time Maps Civilization Overview
    http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/African-kingdoms#ghanover
  4. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gold/hd_gold.htm
  5. Soninke. Encyclopaedia Brittanica
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/554492/Soninke
  6. Tombouctou Manuscripts Project
    http://www.tombouctoumanuscripts.org/
  7. The Lion of Mali: The Hajj of Mansa Musa. Academia.edu
    http://www.academia.edu/1593503/Lion_Of_Mali_The_Hajj_of_Mansa_Musa

Audio/Video

  1. Leo Africanus: A Man Between Worlds. BBC Arabic
    http://youtu.be/nxMbTbndGrA#aid=P3Pv9yjYKIA
  2. The Manuscripts of Timbuktu (Clip). California Newsreel
    http://newsreel.org/video/the-manuscripts-of-timbuktu
  3. Ancient West African Megacities (Clip). BBC
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LkpJdll9A
  4. Sundiata: The Heritage of the Griot (Clip). Kenny Mann
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQP4gM5Na54
  5. Keita: The Heritage of the Griot (Clip). California Newsreel
    http://youtu.be/95Khdd3PskE

Images

  1. Lord and Lady Lugard (From Arnold Wright, “Twentieth Century Impressions of Hong-Kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China,” 1908)

Documents

  1. 12th Century Manuscript on Sharifian History and Geneaology. Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division
    http://international.loc.gov/intldl/malihtml/about.html

Chapter 9

Weblinks

  1. The History of Islam in Africa. whyislam.org
    http://www.whyislam.org/muslim-world/the-history-of-islam-in-africa/
  2. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Trade and Spread of Islam in Africa. The Metropolitan History of Art
    http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tsis/hd_tsis.htm
  3. Great Zimbabwe National Monument. UNESCO
    http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364
  4. Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa. SAHO
    http://www.sahistory.org.za/iron-age-kingdoms-southern-africa
  5. Ile-Ife. Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/282720/Ile-Ife
  6. Yoruba Language Lessons. University of Georgia African Studies Institute
    http://www.africa.uga.edu/Yoruba/index.html
  7. A Travel Blog Featuring Sungbo’s Eredos. Titi’s Wanderlust
    http://titiswanderlust.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/sungbos-eredo-epe-lagos/
  8. The Spread of Islam in West Africa. Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
    http://iis-db.stanford.edu/docs/235/Islam.pdf
  9. Yoruba Cultural Studies. University of African Art Press
    http://universityofafricanart.org/Image/Text/yorubaculturalstudies.pdf

Audio/Video

  1. Great Zimbabwe National Monument. UNESCO
    http://youtu.be/I1KRjQmFEIc
  2. Custodian of Yoruba Culture and Tradition. Manchester Museum
    http://youtu.be/iME5YPvSTdY

Images

1. The Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Documents

1. Intelligence Report of British Officer Stationed in Sudan, 1889. Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections
http://reed.dur.ac.uk/metsnav/sadsir/navigate.do?oid=http://endure.dur.ac.uk:8080/fedora/get/UkDhU:cf8820f3-3921-4665-95e6-16049535de44/METS&pn=1&size=screen

Chapter 10

Weblinks

  1. Benin Kingdom Gallery. Museum of Fine Arts Boston
    http://www.mfa.org/collections/featured-galleries/benin-kingdom-gallery
  2. Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay. The Institute for Diasporic Studies, Northwestern University
    http://diaspora.northwestern.edu/mbin/WebObjects/DiasporaX.woa/wa/displayArticle?atomid=902
  3. Dahomey. The Ouidah Museum of History, Benin
    http://www.museeouidah.org/Theme-Dahomey.htm
  4. Stone Towns of the Swahili Coast. Archeology Magazine
    http://archaeology.org/issues/116-1401/features/1634-swahili-coast-towns
  5. Swahili Coast. PBS
    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/swahili/swahili_overview.html
  6. History of the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom. GhanaWeb
    http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/ashanti.php
  7. SAHO. South African History Online
    http://www.sahistory.org.za/
  8. Uganda profile. BBC News Africa
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14107906

Documents

1. Dahomey/Nigeria Boundary: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency map, 1969. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.