Documents from the African Past - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558762892 ISBN 13: 9781558762893

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

This fascinating collection spans two millennia, beginning with a first-century merchant's guide to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean ports. Primary sources describe ancient and medieval trade routes, China's discovery of Africa, the slave trade, kingdoms and court life in inner East and West Africa, and the experiences of Asian and European settlers, merchants, and colonialists. There are writings by important local authorities and scholars as well as travelers and administrators from other continents. The ideas of leaders who shaped modern Africa are represented in the documents of Jomo Kenyatta, Haile Selassie, Steven Biko, and Nelson Mandela.

About this title

About the Author:

About Robert O. Collins: Robert O. Collins, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of Shadow in the Grass: Britain in the Southern Sudan, 1919-1956 and The Waters of the Nile: Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-1988, as well as 24 other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1558762892
• ISBN 13: 9781558762893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382