The Cambridge History of Africa

by John E. Flint

Book Overview

The period covered in this volume is one which begins with the emergence of anti-slave trade attitudes in Europe, and ends on the eve of European colonial conquest. But except for white conquests in Algeria and South Africa, and colonies of free Blacks on the west coast, the theme is that of African independence, initiative and adaptation in the last phase of its pre-colonial history. Under greater external pressures than ever before, from European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521207010
• ISBN13: 9780521207010
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 634 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"