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From c. 1600 to c. 1790

Series The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 4

Edited by Richard Gray

Publication Date 1975

Hardback ISBN-10
0521204135

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521204132

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521204132

Overview

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Africa were a period of transition, with the trade in slaves and firearms on the Atlantic coast laying some of the foundations for European colonialism. But for most of the continent, external forces were still of marginal significance. African initiative remained supreme and produced a rich variety of political, social and intellectual innovations. In eight regional chapters the contributors to this volume, all established experts in their field, bring together for the first time these developments as they affected the whole of Africa. A concluding chapter surveys Africa in Europe and the Americas during this period.

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Introduction
by
Richard Gray

Egypt, the Funj and Darfur
by
P. M. Holt

The central Sahara and Sudan
by
H. J. Fisher

North-West Africa: from the Maghrib to the fringes of the forest
by
Nehemia Levtzion

The Guinea coast
by
Walter Rodney

Central Africa from Cameroun to the Zambezi
by
David Birmingham

Southern Africa and Madagascar
by
Shula Marks and Richard Gray

Eastern Africa
by
Edward A. Alpers and Christopher Ehret

Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
by
M. Abir

Africa in Europe and the Americas
by
Walter Rodney

Bibliographical Essays

Bibliography

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