African History Extra
isaac SamuelAll about African history: reconstructing the continent's neglected past
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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...
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...
The Gold Currency, Trade and Wealth of Medieval Ethiopia
Gold was one of the oldest metals worked by ancient African societies.
In Ethiopia, evidence for the first gold coins minted by African rulers south of Egypt and an abundance of documentary references to vast quantities of gold tribute dem...
The Migration of “Heretics” and Refugees To Africa During Late Antiquity
Africa was a haven for religious minorities (“heretics”), political exiles, and other refugees from beyond the continent during Late Antiquity.
In 615, following the persecutions in Mecca, the Prophet sent some of his followers to seek asy...
The Lost City of Malindi in Global and African History (c. 850-1890 CE)
The city of Malindi is one of the oldest urban settlements in East Africa.
Several clusters of stone ruins abandoned in the 18th century have been associated with the medieval city, as archaeologists and historians continue to debate its p...
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