The Peopling of Africa: A Geographic Interpretation

by James L. Newman

Book Overview

Discovering the African past takes one on a journey back to the origins of humanity over four million years ago, which is where James L. Newman begins his account of the continent's peoples. He ends it at the onset of the colonial era in the late nineteenth century, noting that "Africa and Africans deserve to be known on their own terms, and to achieve this goal we need to improve our understanding of what took place before colonialism rewrote many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300072805
• ISBN13: 9780300072808
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 10.1"