Online shopping from a great selection at books store. East africa, made up of kenya, tanzania, and uganda. Aug 25, 2012 leila aboulela 2010set in mid50s, preindependence sudan, aboulelas third novel takes us on a journey to egypt and postwar britain as we follow the life of nur, the cosmopolitan son of a. In this innovative book now brought uptodate to include 911 and the iraq warmelani mcalister argues that u. The 10 best contemporary african books culture the. List of books and articles about ancient africa online.
From the fall of the ottoman empire through the arab spring, this completely revised and updated edition of mehran kamravas classic treatise on the making of the contemporary middle east remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region. You can learn more about these civilizations in the links below. Accordingly, issues of constitutionalism, political developments and democracy, and conflict seem to dominate the literature on east african politics. The kushites set up smelting furnaces to process the deposits. Were ancient sports a means of preparing youth for warfare. The material below is extracted from the very rough draft of the introduction with citations stripped out. Germany relinquished the colony to britain after world war i. Politics of the womb women, reproduction, and the state in kenya. Thomson uses different case studies to illustrate the arguments advanced in the book. African, chinese, american and australian experts gathered to examine and debate recent archaeological and historical evidence of chinas ancient cultural and economic relationship with africa.
Egyptian history can be broken into three periods of stability, interrupted by moments of disunity. Much of what we know about ancient africa has been passed down orally over the years through storytellers called griots. Over time, the continent became increasingly diverse in culture, politics, and religion. Some of the history of these countries, however, is naturally mentioned in this history of the rest of africa but is kept to the minimum needed to make the rest comprehensible. The series is one of the few works of postcolonial african fiction that focuses almost entirely on the middle class. Cambridge histories cambridge histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. List of books and articles about east african history. The plateau is composed mainly of metamorphic rock that has been overlaid in places by sedimentary rock. Online shopping for east african history books in the books store. Ancient african christianity sets a new standard for exploring and explaining the particularity of christianity in specific locations enabling us to appreciate and understand the rich diversity of early christianity. Ancient egypt, nubia and swahili ancient egypt the ancient egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the nile river valley and mediterranean and red sea border kept foreigners and their ideas away. Eastern africa consists largely of plateaus and has most of the highest. With african sun nibbling on my dark skin and gentle winds soothing my foreboding, my past life and current responsibilities overwhelmed me occasionally. This controversial book by ivan van sertima, the guyanese historian, linguist, and anthropologist, claims that africans had been to the new world centuries before.
Politics and middle eastern and north african politics at the university of granada. The british colony of east africa is expanded from territories of zanzibar. The 10 best contemporary african books culture the guardian. Introduction to africa government and politics african societies today have two levels of government. Ancient history encyclopedia foundation is a nonprofit organization registered in canada. Africa is the worlds secondlargest and secondmost populous continent, after asia. Iron technology on the assumption that there had been a single centre the middle east from which iron metallurgy had spread, most historians thought that ironworking had been introduced into africa from western asia, first into ancient egypt and then into west africa, in. Nubia, ancient region in northeastern africa, extending approximately from the nile river valley near the first cataract in upper egypt eastward to the shores of the red sea, southward to about khartoum in what is now sudan, and westward to the libyan desert. The dense forests of the congo basin, on the other hand. Important civilizations developed throughout the continent such as carthage, the mali empire, and the kingdom of ghana. In the horn of africa the kingdom of aksum ruled modernday eritrea, northern ethiopia and the coastal area of the western part of the arabian peninsula. The sahara desert of north africa, the savanna of west africa, and the rainforest of central africa shaped the way people lived their lives. A groundbreaking series that has redefined a region, the eastern african studies.
Given the book s lateness in terms of publication, its authority must be considered dubious. Politics of east africa political science oxford bibliographies. The ancient history of north africa is inextricably linked to that of the ancient near east. The ethiopians a history is a scholarly introduction to ethiopian history by an author with a profound insight into the subject. This is a short history of africa excluding egypt, ethiopia and dutch and british south africa, which are the subjects of separate histories. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Early african literature anthology wendy laura belcher. But it was a good way to introduce the kingdom of axum, a powerful state from 100940 ce in africa, near modernday ethiopia.
Central around the year bc, the bantu migrants had reached the region of the great lakes in east africa. The silk road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established during the han dynasty of china, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between bce1453 ce. The following is a list of the political history of east africa. Known as the east african campaign, many of the battles almost went unreported and are little known, however the romance of this war is portrayed by many novels and the wellknown movie african queen, starring humphrey bogart and katherine hepburn. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Slavery becomes the foundation for exploring social injustices, whether it is the powerful elite exploiting the poor or the sexual assault of female slaves. Ancient egyptians traced their origins to the mount rwenzori range in east africa known as the mountains of the moon see hum 211 african film description of the movie by that title, and some accounts to ethiopia, a term variously designating land south of egypt the upper nile valley, or the entire african continent. Drawing on archaeology, the civic chronicles of the swahili towns and accounts of the coast written by explorers, traders, missionaries and colonialists from as far afield as italy, china and britain, this book tells the story of the east african coast from ancient times to today. Meet the archaeologist uncovering the roots of swahili culture in search of a great undiscovered metropolis on the tanzania coast. Epic encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways americans define their interests in the middle east. The lines drawn on a map a century ago do little to explain the political forces at work in east africa.
Chinas long history in africa new african magazine. The focus of this article is kenya, uganda, and tanzania, although countries. Popular african writers books goodreads share book. Ancient middle east, history of the region from prehistoric times to the rise of civilizations in mesopotamia, egypt, and other areas.
Understanding east africas power politics, one core at a time. Off the coast of east africa is the island of zanzibar, which has been an island trading post for centuries and drew in shipping trade from the middle east, india, and other parts of africa. He arrived in 1498 on an expedition to find a sea route to asia, and as we all know, his trip opened up more than 450 years of colonial domination by european maritime powers. Political change in the middle east and north africa. Commencing with the dawn of prehistory, professor pankhurst provides a well organised trek through the events, people and geography that are ethiopia. Informed and intrigued by two events that happened in different eras, in different countries, gardner thompson has written an indepth historical examination of the nature of imported democracy as practised in the east african countries of uganda, where he worked as a young history teacher in the 70s, kenya and tanzania. Precolonial political systems african studies oxford. Western history books make a lot out of vasco da gama, the 15th and 16th century portuguese explorer, being the first international trader to open up. Discover librarianselected research resources on east african history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic. Studies on uganda, tanzania, and kenya by karuti kanyinga. An east african indian, salim leaves the east coast of africa to set up shop in a little town on the bend of a river in an unnamed country deep in the interior, but. Areas covered range from political system types, political economies, and political cultures of diverse. Ancient egypt though was the first major african civilization.
A textbook appropriate for undergraduates or readers with a general interest in early african history, this book provides overviews of african political systems through the end of the 18th century. African history from ancient egypt to modern south africa. Much work has been done on precolonial african societies in an attempt to determine what modes of production developed there, what types of contradictions marked their evolution and what were their particular characteristics compared to the classic schemes of a certain conception of marxism. Saudi arabia, iran, and the fortyyear rivalry that unraveled culture, religion, and collective memory in the middle east kim ghattas 4.
Leila aboulela 2010set in mid50s, preindependence sudan, aboulelas third novel takes us on a journey to egypt and postwar britain as we follow the life of nur, the cosmopolitan son of a. Political history of east africa news newspapers books scholar jstor february 2020. The intrigues, fluidity, and unpredictability of politics in the three countries attracts not only east africanist scholars but also general readers interested in african or indeed other politics. The culture of ancient africa was as diverse as the geography of the large continent. Ancient near east oxford libguides at oxford university. The spice trade attracted european ships throughout colonial times. The book of african names duke university libraries.
The history of the swahili coast is laced with political intrigue, scandal, international commerce, war. East africa is the oldest continuallyinhabited place on earth, and home to some of the earliest and most powerful kingdoms of the ancient world. Epic encounters by melani mcalister paperback university. Early maritime cultures in east africa and the western inidan ocean, publisher. Ancient civilizations and global trade commissioned by the department of education after 1994 politicians, historians, educators and parents were included in the debate about the content of history and especially south african history in the school curriculum. Ancient middle east historical region, asia britannica. A gold mine of information about ancient socioeconomic conditions. Stories, people, and events that shaped the history of africa. This is particularly true of ancient egypt and nubia. The high antiquity of civilization in the middle east is largely due to the existence of convenient land bridges and easy sea lanes passable in summer or winter, in. The site of gbabiri in the central african republic has also yielded evidence of iron metallurgy, from a reduction furnace and blacksmith workshop. Women in the ancient near east provides a collection of primary sources that further our understanding of women from mesopotamian and near eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts in the third millennium bc to the end of mesopotamian political autonomy in the sixth century bc.
In east africa, plateau regions were suitable for cattle grazing. List of books and articles about east african history online. African political systems by fortes, meyer contents. In 1974 they were overthrown by one of their own, and a dictatorship was formed. The former three countries have followed different but somewhat similar political trajectories.
Aya of yop city is the second of three books in the abouets aya series, each based on the same characters. Civil strives and the politics of religion in some part of african countries like nigeria and sudan. In the middle of that millennium, the bantus also had settled in regions where modern day angola and the democratic republic of congo are today. The east coast of africa experiences seasonally alternating trade winds which have enabled sailing dhows to travel up and down the coast, fostering the movement of people and goods between the countries of arabia, the western indian ocean and east africa for many centuries.
The modern middle east, third edition by mehran kamrava. Most of africa is a series of stable, ancient plateau surfaces, low in the north and west. Beginning with an historical analysis of the condictions in preindependence guinea, he goes on to examine the groundwork of the revolution and to define the principles, orientation. The origins of african art exist long before recorded history, beginning with the evolution of the human species. A history of the east african coast book book details. An anthology of written texts from 3000 bce to 1900 ce. Ehret 2002 emphasizes the diversity and long history of precolonial social and political formations, whereas curtin, et al.
African political systems are described in a number of textbooks and general books on african history. The silk road was a network of trade routes connecting china and the far east with the middle east and europe. Examining the region through the power cores that cut across national boundaries, however, can help us comprehend what makes the region tick. East africas swahili coast african world heritage sites. The following selection aims at broadening the perspective by giving more prominence to books which explore africa in global history. Western history books make a lot out of vasco da gama, the 15th and 16th century portuguese explorer, being the first international trader to open up east africa. In this lavishly illustrated book, a world expert on ancient greek athletics provides the first comprehensive introduction to the subject, vividly describing ancient sporting events and games and exploring their impact on art, literature, and politics. The geography of east africa is often stunning and scenic. Africa has made many outstanding contributions to world civilization, of which the following are a few selected examples. An introduction to african politics, this course will provide for its participants a general survey of the main issues regarding politics in the continent. A history of the ancient black races including the black hebrews rudolph r windsor. In the book, attah has boldly crafted a candid narrative about indigenous african slavery.
If you can only read one new book about christianity this year, make it this one. Contemplating while barefoot on the grounds my father and grandfather walked, i saw my life clearly. For in our comnumity, eve ry new child is fully welcome ind no distinctions of in eq. Mshomba carefully argues that maturity of democracy and good governance in each country are prerequisites for the. Ancient origins articles related to africa in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. In this book, ahmed sekou toure expresses the ideology of the guinea revolution. Eastern african studies ohio university press swallow press. Eastern africa consists largely of plateaus and has most of the highest eastern africa, part of subsaharan africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions. Foundation of the british protectorate of rhodesia by the union of north zambesia and south zambesia, under the administration of the british south africa company. When i began to study the history of the east african coast, i found that the sources were spread amongst a great number of works, most of them out of print. The focus of this article is kenya, uganda, and tanzania, although countries including rwanda, burundi, somalia, djibouti, ethiopia, eritrea, and to some extent southern sudan can be considered to be part of the larger east africa. Eastern africa, part of subsaharan africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions. Ancient africa boundless art history simple book production.
This book also examines the african unions aspirations for continentwide integration as envisioned by the abuja treaty. Best known as ancient rome s rival in the punic wars, carthage was a north african commercial hub that flourished for over 500 years. Most of africa is a series of stable, ancient plateau surfaces, low in the north and west and higher rising to more than 6,000 ft1,830 m in the south and east. This groundbreaking book by two leading scholars offers a complete. Those objectives include forming a monetary union and eventually an east african political federation. Along the northern part of the nile was the civilization of egypt. Shaped by global plate tectonic forces that have created the east african rift, east africa is the site of mount kilimanjaro and mount kenya, the two tallest peaks in africa. Their fascinating histories and impressive artifacts open intriguing glimpses to times past, and open up a window on african history. Falling foul of colonial influence in africa in the nineteenth century, ethiopias kings were weakened by invasions by egypt, sudan, and italy.
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