The Heart of Darkness, this is the image that most in the West hold of pre-colonial Africa. Joseph Conrad's description of a continent lacking in civilization, commerce, and Christianity is familiar to many readers. Historians have been working to dispel this notion before since the institution of African independence after World War II.Collins seeks to familiarize the reader with pre-colonial Africa, the Africa that began with the migrations of the Bantu from their homeland in 500 B.C. and ended with European control in the 19th century, revealing the culture, events, achievement and rulers of Africa from this time.
Robert O. Collins is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of California Santa Barbara and has written on the subject of African history for the past fifty years.
Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword, by Jon WoronoffChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 ChronologyChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 THE DICTIONARYChapter 6 Appendix: Pre-Colonial African DynastiesChapter 7 Bibliographies by RegionChapter 8 North AfricaChapter 9 Northeast AfricaChapter 10 SudanChapter 11 EthiopiaChapter 12 SomalilandChapter 13 East AfricaChapter 14 West AfricaChapter 15 Central AfricaChapter 16 Southern AfricaChapter 17 About the Author
Really two sources in one, this is both a dictionary and a lengthy bibliography. Academic collections.