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200 10$aAfrican history $ea very short introduction /$fJohn Parker and Richard Rathbone
210  1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2007.
215   $a1 online resource $cillustrations
225 1 $aVery short introductions
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe idea of Africa -- Africans: diversity and unity -- Africa's past: historical sources -- Africa in the world -- Colonialism in Africa -- Imagining the future, rebuilding the past -- Memory and forgetting, past and present.
330   $a"African History: A Very Short Introduction" looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented by examining the unity and diversity of African cultures, slavery, religion, colonial conquest, the diaspora, and the importance of history in understanding contemporary Africa. Africa has been known as 'the cradle of mankind', and its recoverable history stretches back to the Pharaohs. But the idea of study of ?African history? itself is new. Why is it still contested and controversial? Who invented the idea of 'Africa'? How is African history pieced together, given such a lack of documentary evidence? How did Africa interact with the world 1,000 years ago? -- From publisher's description.
410  0$aVery short introductions.
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