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Additional authors

1. Ogot, Bethwell A.
2. Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa.

Description

1. xxxi, 1,045 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

1. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities.

Series statement

1. General history of Africa ; 5

Uniform title

1. General history of Africa ; 5.

Subject

1. Africa > History > To 1884

Contents

1. The struggle for international trade and its implications for Africa / M. Malowist -- African political, economic and social structures during this period / P. Diagne -- Population movements and emergence of new socio-political forms in Africa / J. Vansina -- Africa in world history : the export slave trade from Africa and the emergence of the Atlantic economic order / J.E. Inikori -- The African diaspora in the Old and New Worlds / J.E. Harris -- The Ottoman conquest of Egypt / R. Vesely -- The Sudan, 1500-1800 / Y.F. Hasan and B.A. Ogot -- Morocco / M. El Fasi -- Algeria, Tunisia and Libya : the Ottomans and their heirs / M.H. Cherif -- Senegambia from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century : evolution of the Wolof, Sereer and 'Tukuloor' / B. Barry -- The end of the Songhay empire / M. Abitbol -- From the Niger to the Volta / M. Izard and J. Ki-Zerbo.
2. The states and cultures of the Upper Guinean coast / C. Wondji -- The states and cultures of the Lower Guinean coast / A.A. Boahen -- Fon and Yoruba : the Niger delta and the Cameroon / E.J. Alagoa -- The Hausa states / D. Laya -- Kānem-Borno : its relations with the Mediterrean Sea, Bagirmi and other states in the Chad basin / B.M. Barkindo -- From the Cameroon grasslands to the Upper Nile / E. M'Bokolo -- The Kongo kingdom and its neighbours / J. Vansina, based on a contribution by T. Obenga -- The political system of the Luba and Lunda : its emergence and expansion / Ndaywel è Nziem -- The northern Zambezia--Lake Malawi region / K.M. Phiri, O.J.M. Kalinga and H.H.K. Bhila -- Southern Zambezia / H.H.K. Bhila -- Southern Africa / D. Denoon -- The Horn of Africa / E. Haberland -- East Africa : the coast / A.I. Salim -- The Great Lakes region, 1500-1800 / J.B. Webster, B.A. Ogot and J.P. Chretien -- The interior of East Africa : the peoples of Kenya and Tanzania, 1500-1800 / W.R. Ochieng -- Madagascar and the islands of the Indian Ocean / R.K. Kent -- The historical development of African societies, 1500-1800 : conclusion / B.A. Ogot.

Call number

1. Sc D 16-776

Note

1. At head of title: Unesco International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 912-962) and index.

Title

1. Africa from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century / editor, B.A. Ogot.

Publisher

1. Nairobi, Kenya : East African Educational Publishers Ltd., 2014.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. General history of Africa ; 5
2. General history of Africa ; 5.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 912-962) and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents
2. Publisher description

Added author

1. Ogot, Bethwell A., editor.
2. Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa.

ISBN

1. 9789966259868
2. 9966259864

Research call number

1. Sc D 16-776