01728cam a2200265 4500 5685 OCoLC 2007297380 9780192802484 (pbk.) Parker, John, 1960- African history : a very short introduction / John Parker and Richard Rathbone Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Very short introductions ; 160 Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index The idea of Africa -- Africans: diversity and unity -- Africa's past: historical sources -- Africa in the world -- Colonialism in Africa -- Imagining the future, rebuilding the past -- Memory and forgetting, past and present ""Until recently, Africa was seen by the outside world as being without history, a continent left behind in the wider story of human progress. But our understanding of the African past is very different today. This Very Short Introduction examines the changing ways in which African history has been understood and represented by historians and by Africans themselves. Examples drawn from across the continent and from the African diaspora beyond are used to examine key themes, from the diversity of African cultures, religions, and identities, to the slave trade, Africa's place in the world, and the rise and fall of colonial rule.""--BOOK JACKET Africa History History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Rathbone, Richard Very short introductions ; 160 4800 4800 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 8989 0 960 PAR 30009018 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN