This book gives serious play to ancient history right across the African continent and it ties these eras into the currents of wider world history. Chris Ehret

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: 1937.

Investigates the major stages in Africa's cultural development from the neolithic age, and explores the role of industry in the continent's future development.

This edition of African Civilizations, first published in 2001, re-examines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in tropical Africa.

This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative introduction to African history, from a hug