Africa from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century
The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities
Print Book, English, 1992
Heinemann ; University of California Press ; UNESCO, London, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.A., Paris, 1992
History
xxxi, 1045 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
9780435948115, 9780520039162, 9789231017117, 0435948113, 0520039165, 923101711X
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The struggle for international trade and its implications for Africa / M. Malowist
African political, economic and social structures during this period / P. Diagne
Population movements and emergence of new socio-political forms in Africa / J. Vansina
Africa in world history : the export slave trade from Africa and the emergence of the Atlantic economic order / J.E. Inikori
The African diaspora in the Old and New Worlds / J.E. Harris
The Ottoman conquest of Egypt / R. Vesely
The Sudan, 1500-1800 / Y.F. Hasan and B.A. Ogot
Morocco / M. El Fasi
Algeria, Tunisia and Libya : the Ottomans and their heirs / M.H. Cherif
Senegambia from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century : evolution of the Wolof, Sereer and 'Tukuloor' / B. Barry
The end of the Songhay empire / M. Abitbol
From the Niger to the Volta / M. Izard and J. Ki-Zerbo. The states and cultures of the Upper Guinean coast / C. Wondji
The states and cultures of the Lower Guinean coast / A.A. Boahen
Fon and Yoruba : the Niger delta and the Cameroon / E.J. Alagoa
The Hausa states / D. Laya
Kānem-Borno : its relations with the Mediterrean Sea, Bagirmi and other states in the Chad basin / B.M. Barkindo
From the Cameroon grasslands to the Upper Nile / E. M'Bokolo
The Kongo kingdom and its neighbours / J. Vansina, based on a contribution by T. Obenga
The political system of the Luba and Lunda : its emergence and expansion / Ndaywel è Nziem
The northern Zambezia
Lake Malawi region / K.M. Phiri, O.J.M. Kalinga and H.H.K. Bhila
Southern Zambezia / H.H.K. Bhila
Southern Africa / D. Denoon
The Horn of Africa / E. Haberland
East Africa : the coast / A.I. Salim
The Great Lakes region, 1500-1800 / J.B. Webster, B.A. Ogot and J.P. Chretien
The interior of East Africa : the peoples of Kenya and Tanzania, 1500-1800 / W.R. Ochieng
Madagascar and the islands of the Indian Ocean / R.K. Kent
The historical development of African societies, 1500-1800 : conclusion / B.A. Ogot
Corrigendum inserted
At head of title: International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa (Unesco)