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Africa and Africans

Fourth Edition

 

Paul Bohannan and Philip Curtin

 

Africa and Africans keeps a watchful eye on what has happened in Africa and on what has happened in the rest of the world that shapes how people look at Africa. The world’s perception of Africa is an entanglement of myth and reality—both reflecting and changing with the times. This highly informative yet concise volume, written by two authors intimately familiar with Africa, presents the facts about African society—past and present. Students wishing to explore Africa’s historical events and rich traditions will discover that Africans want to keep what they value in their old way of life as they find themselves in an emerging global culture.

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$26.95 list, 301 pages

10-digit ISBN: 0-88133-840-0

13-digit ISBN: 978-0-88133-840-9

© 1995

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“Bohannan and Curtin authoritatively demonstrate the enriching wisdom in studying African history alongside those institutions in which African life cohere. This excellent combination of narrative history with educative ideas about cultural trends mirrors the authors’ sterling expertise. Most appropriate for North American undergraduate programs in African studies.”  — Raphael Njoku, University of Louisville

 

Table of Contents

 

Part I. AFRICAN BACKGROUND

1. Myths and Facts

2. The African Continent

3. Mapping Africa

Part II. AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS

4. African Arts

5. African Families

6. Land and Labor

7. African Politics and Courts

8. African Trade and Markets

9. African Religion

Part III. AFRICAN HISTORY

10. The Peopling of Africa

11. Farms and Iron

12. Africa in World History

13. The End of Isolation

14. The Era of the Slave Trade

15. Secondary Empires of the Pre-Colonial Century

16. Commerce and Islam: The Dual Revolution in West Africa

17. Forms and Conditions of Conquest

18. The Colonial Era

19. Toward Independence

IV. EPILOGUE

20. Africa Since Independence