Waterstones A Short History of Africa
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Price: £12.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Africa. The cradle of civilisation. From the dawn of human time in prehistoric Africa right through to the so-called 'Arab Spring' of 2011, Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of this enormous continent. He begins with the origins of the human race and the development of stone age technology, through ancient and medieval times and the significance of the Arab presence, the Muslim states and the trans-Saharan trade. Kerr continues with the rise and fall of nation states and kingdoms prior to the arrival of Europeans, Ghana, the Kingdoms of the Forest and Savanna, Yoruba, Oyo, Benin, Asante, Luba, Lunda, Lozi and many others, on to the beginning of the slave trade, and the European conquest and colonization of sub-Saharan Africa, the 'Scramble for Africa'. Finally moving onto the often bitter struggles for independence from that period of colonization and exploitation, Kerr concludes with an assessment of Africa in the 21st century. Waterstones A Short History of Africa - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781842434420
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ISBN: 9781842434420
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Author: Megan
Rating: 5
Review: Interesting and well written, easy to read
Author: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1
Review: As the tital suggests, a short history of Africa, you could get a less biased and more informative account of African history from Wikipedia. Very disappointed, not worth the money. Mr Kerr repeatedly shows his bias against outside influence in Africa, many nations in Africa only seem to move forward with Arabic, European, Indian or Oriental influence. Apparently, according to Mr Kerr, none of this assistance was given in good intent, all foreign input was for personal gain and held Africa back. My jaw dropped when he blamed Robert Mugabe's disastrous ruination of Zimbabwe on the previous government. Don't buy, better researched and balanced books out there.
