TY - BOOK ID - 30932775 TI - African history AU - Parker, John AU - Rathbone, Richard PY - 2007 SN - 9786611146771 1435609409 0191516597 1281146773 9780192802484 9780191516597 0192802488 9780191577642 0191577642 6611146776 9781281146779 PB - Oxford New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Africa KW - History. KW - af 940 KW - geschiedenis KW - Afrika UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30932775 AB - "African History: A Very Short Introduction" looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented by examining the unity and diversity of African cultures, slavery, religion, colonial conquest, the diaspora, and the importance of history in understanding contemporary Africa. Africa has been known as 'the cradle of mankind', and its recoverable history stretches back to the Pharaohs. But the idea of study of ‘African history’ itself is new. Why is it still contested and controversial? Who invented the idea of 'Africa'? How is African history pieced together, given such a lack of documentary evidence? How did Africa interact with the world 1,000 years ago? -- From publisher's description. ER -