An African Classical Age

Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : James Currey
ISBN 13 : 9780852557594
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African Classical Age written by Christopher Ehret and published by James Currey. This book was released on 1998 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the view of eastern and southern Africa in the early eras of world history, the author demonstrates that, from 1000 BC through to the fourth century AD, eastern and southern African history was invigorated by technological change and reshaped by a clash of distinctive cultures.

Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813920573
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African Classical Age written by Christopher Ehret and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In An African Classical Age, Christopher Ehret brings to light 1,400 years of social and economic transformation across Africa from Uganda and Kenya in the north to Natal and the Cape in the south. The book offers a much-needed portrait of this region during a crucial period in which basic features of precolonial African societies and cultures emerged. Combining the most recent findings of archaeology and historical linguistics, the author demonstrates that, from 1000 B.C. through the fourth century A.D., eastern and southern African history was invigorated by technological change and intricately reshaped by the clash of distinctive cultures. Contrary to common presumption, he argues, Africans of this period were not isolated actors on their own historical stage, but direct and indirect participants in the major trends of contemporary world history, such as the Iron Age and the first great rise of long-distance commercial enterprise. In telling their important story, Ehret shows how powerful yet delicate a tool language evidence can be in detecting both the details and the long-term contours of the past. The culmination of twenty-five years of research, this sweeping historical survey fundamentally challenges how we view the place not only of eastern and southern Africa, but of Africa as a whole, in the early eras of world history. Now available in paperback, An African Classical Age has become an essential resource for scholars of linguistics, archaeology, world history, and African studies.

Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780852554753
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civilizations of Africa written by Christopher Ehret and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 has skilfully woven archaeology and linguistics into the historical narrative to provide a text from the deep past until 1800. North America: University Press of Virginia

Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520262042
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History and the Testimony of Language written by Christopher Ehret and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly served by written documentation, but also to enrich our understanding of well-documented regions and eras. A leading historian as well as historical linguist of Africa, Ehret provides in-depth examples from the language phyla of Africa, arguing that his comprehensive treatment can be applied by linguistically trained historians and historical linguists working with any language and in any area of the world.

Author : Christopher Ehret
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813946034
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civilizations of Africa written by Christopher Ehret and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its initial publication, The Civilizationsof Africa has established itself as the most authoritative text available on early African history. Addressing the glaring lack of works concentrating on earlier African eras, Christopher Ehret’s trailblazing book has been paired with histories of Africa since 1800 to build a full and well-rounded understanding of the roles of Africa’s peoples in human history. Examining inventions and civilizations from 22,000 BCE to 1800 CE, Ehret explores the wide range of social and cultural as well as technological and economic change in Africa, relating all these facets of African history to developments in the rest of the world. This updated edition incorporates new research, as well as an extensive new selection of color images.

Author : Robin Walker
Publisher : Inprint Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781580730457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When We Ruled written by Robin Walker and published by Inprint Editions. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In twenty two chapters, When We Ruled examines the nature of what we call Black history; critically surveying the often-shoddy documentation of that history. Importantly, it focuses upon African civilization in the Valley of the Nile and analyzes the key historical phases of Ancient Egypt--critical exercises for any professed scholar of African history and vital pieces of Africa's legacy ... When we Ruled is a timely and immensely important work of benefit to scholars and students alike. I am proud to add it to my library, from the Introduction--Runoko Rashidi. Available for the first time in paperback, this edition includes over 100 images, 18 maps, a 15 page chronological table, index, and bibliography. New introduction by Runoko Rashidi for the Black Classic Press edition."--Amazon.com.

Author : John Parker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192802488
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African History: A Very Short Introduction written by John Parker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786410934
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Athenian Sun in an African Sky written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-11-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particular, Greek tragedy has grown as model and inspiration for African theatre artists. This work begins with a discussion of the affinity that modern-day African playwrights have for ancient Greek tragedy and the factors that determine their choice of classical texts and topics. The study concentrates on how African playwrights transplant the dramatic action and narrative of the Greek texts by rewriting both the performance codes and the cultural context. The methods by which African playwrights have adapted Greek tragedy and the ways in which the plays satisfy the prevailing principles of both cultures are examined. The plays are The Bacchae of Euripides by Wole Soyinka, Song of a Goat by J.P. Clark, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi, Guy Butler's Demea, Efua Sutherland's Edufa, Orestes by Athol Fugard, The Song of Jacob Zulu by Tug Yourgrau, Femi Osofisan's Tegonni, Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Odale's Choice, The Island by Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, and Sylvain Bemba's Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone.

Author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 923101708X
Total Pages : 825 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book General History of Africa written by International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 1981-12-31 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the period beginning at the close of the Neolithic era, from around the eighth millennium before our era. This period of some 9,000 years of history has been sub-divided into four major geographical zones, following the pattern of African historical research. Chapters 1 to 12 cover the corridor of the Nile, Egypt and Nubia. Chapters 13 to 16 relate to the Ethiopian highlands. Chapters 17 to 20 describe the part of Africa later called the Magrhib and its Saharan hinterland. Chapters 21 to 29, the rest of Africa as well as some of the islands of the Indian Ocean.--Publisher's description

Author : Hassanali E. Mohamed
Publisher : Calgary : Highlight Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780969209621
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Africa, the Classical Period ; And, Asian Legacy in Africa (part II) written by Hassanali E. Mohamed and published by Calgary : Highlight Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: