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All about African history: reconstructing the continent's neglected past

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What Did Africans Know About The Outside World?

Africans were often well informed about the outside world, a fact that astonished many explorers who thought they were “discovering” an unknown continent.

In 1852, the explorer Heinrich Barth met Africans in Baghirmi (Chad) who had visited...

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The Textile Industry of pre-colonial Southern Nigeria (c.1500-1900)

Textile production was typically the most important element in the preindustrial manufacturing sector throughout the world.

In the region of southern Nigeria, sophisticated textile industries showing signs of proto-industry emerged during...

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The Wheel in the Ancient Sahara: Africa’s Forgotten Chariots

The Sahara is one of the most dynamic zones of interaction in human history.

Its stone monuments and rock paintings provide important repositories of prehistoric evidence for ancient migrations and the spread of technologies across Africa...

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Ancient African Monks: The Christian period in Egypt and North-East Africa (c. 50-642 CE)

Christianity reached Africa soon after the rise of the religion, spreading first to Egypt and later across the Maghreb and southward into Aksum/Ethiopia and Nubia/Sudan.

The religion was subsequently adopted by wider sections of the popula...

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The Ancient Empires of Africa: Imperial Governments and “Native” Rulers.

Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity, inequalities, and political baggage inherent in such systems.

On 19th January 1469, the Songhai ruler Sunni ʿAlī entered the city of Timbuktu...

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