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Summary:
This crucial period of
African history saw the development of the great empires and
kingdoms (Mali, Songhay, Almohads, etc.), the expansion of Islam,
and a proliferation of trading relations and cultural exchanges.
The study of these kingdoms and societies includes all regions,
including southern Africa and Madagascar.
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editions
Main
edition
English: |
1984, Heinemann/ UNESCO/
University of California Press |
French: |
1985, UNESCO/ NEA |
Arabic: |
1988, UNESCO |
Spanish: |
1985, Tecnos/UNESCO |
Portuguese: |
1985, Atica/UNESCO |
Japanese: |
1984, Dohosha
Shuppan C° |
Chinese: |
1992 |
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Abridged
edition
English: |
1997, UNESCO/ James
Currey/ University of California Press |
French: |
1991, UNESCO/ Edicef/ Présence
Africaine |
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Chapter 1: Introduction
D. T. NIANE
Chapter 2: The unification of the Maghrib under the Almohads
0. SAIDI
Chapter 3: The spread of civilization in the Maghrib and its impact on western
civilization
M.TALBI
Chapter 4: The disintegration of political unity in the Maghrib
I. HRBEK
Chapter 5: Society in the Maghrib after the disappearance of the Almohads
H. R.IDRIS
Chapter 6: Mali and the second Mandingo expansion
D. T. NIANE
Chapter 7: The decline of the Mali empire
M. LY TALL
Chapter
8: The Songhay from the twelfth to the sixteenth century
S. M. CISSOKO
Chapter 9: The peoples and kingdoms of the Niger Bend and the Volta basin from the
twelfth to the sixteenth century
M. IZARD
Chapter 10: The kingdoms and peoples of Chad
D. LANGE
Chapter 11: The Hausa and their neighbours in the central Sudan
M. ADAMU with a contribution by A. SALIFOU
Chapter 12: The coastal peoples: from Casamance to the Ivory Coast lagoons
Y. PERSON
Chapter 13: From the Ivory Coast lagoons to the Volta
P. KIPRE
Chapter 14: From the Volta to Cameroon
A. F. C. RYDER
Chapter 15: Egypt and the Muslim world
J.-C. GARCIN
Chapter 16: Nubia from the late twelfth century to the Funj conquest in the
early fifteenth century
L. KROPACEK
Chapter 17: The Horn of Africa: the Solomonids in Ethiopia and the states of the Horn
of Africa
S. TAMRAT
Chapter 18: The development of Swahili civilization
S. MATVEIEV
Chapter 19: Between the coast and the great lakes
C. EHRET
Chapter 20: The Great Lakes region
B. A. OGOT
Chapter 21: The Zambezi and Limpopo basins: 1100-1500
M. FAGAN
Chapter 22: Equatorial Africa and Angola: migrations and the emergence of the first
states
J. VANSINA
Chapter 23: Southern Africa: its peoples and social structures
L. NGCONGCO in collaboration with
J. VANSINA
Chapter 24: Madagascar and the neighbouring islands from the twelfth to the sixteenth century
F. ESOAVELOMANDROSO
Chapter 25: Relationships and exchanges among the different regions
D. T. NIANE
Chapter 26: Africa in intercontinental relations
J. DEVISSE in collaboration with S. LABIB
Chapter 27 : Conclusion
D. T. NIANE
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