Hist of Africa

by John Donnelly Fage and William Tordoff

Book Overview

A History of Africa is a thorough narrative history of the continent from its beginnings to the twenty-first century. Long established at the forefront of African Studies, this book addresses the events of the 1990s and beyond. The issues discussed include: post-apartheid South Africa the prospects for democratization in Africa at the beginning of the new millenniumdevelopments in Muslim North Africa including the threat of Islamic fundamentalismeconomic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394474902
• ISBN13: 9780394474908
• Release Date: November 1978
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent, erudite and readable detailed survey

With a sharp eye towards debunking a few centuries of self-serving white European mythic history about the origins of African societies, but without any particular ax to grind but those of intelligence and accuracy, J.D. Fage's work is scholarly and readable. It is a critical survey, with an excellent bibliography spanning a large number of subjects. His knowledge of west Africa is particularly impressive, and he clearly delineates the powers of both external cultural forces sweeping into Africa (Islam) as well as those that originated there.