Student Resources: Part IV
Click on the tabs below to view a Further Reading list for Part IV, and additional resources for each of the chapters in this section of the book.
Further Reading
The age of construction
Cox, G.O. (1992). African Empires and Civilizations: Ancient and Medieval. Pan-African Publications. Lilongwe, Malawi.
Davidson, B. (1971). A Guide to African History. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Davidson, B. (1995). Africa in History. New York, NY: Touchstone.
Degraft-Johnson, J. D. (1998). African Glory: The Story of Vanished Negro Civilizations. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press.
Ehret, C. (2002). The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.
Murray J, S, B. A. (2007). Africa: Cultural Atlas for Young People. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publications.
Philips, J. E. (2007). Writing African History. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.
Chapter 7
Weblinks
- History of Nubia. University of Santa Barbara Department of Anthropology
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/research/nubia_history.html - Carthage. Ancient History Encyclopedia
http://www.ancient.eu.com/carthage/ - Hannibal of Carthage. Black History Heroes
http://www.blackhistoryheroes.com/2012/07/hannibal-barca-of-carthage-north-africa.html - The Rise of the Aksum Obelisk is the Rise of Ethiopian History. Dr. Ayele Bekerie, Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center http://hornofafrica.newark.rutgers.edu/downloads/aksum.pdf
Audio/Video
- Ge’ez: Life of a Dead Language. ELA Toronto
http://youtu.be/nEM5vHfYOY8
Images
- Bab Souika, Tunis (Tunisia, 1899). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection
Chapter 8
Weblinks
- The Travels of Ibn Battuta
http://ibnbattuta.berkeley.edu/ - Leo Africanus Description of Timbuktu. Fordham University
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/leo_afri.asp - African Kingdoms. Time Maps Civilization Overview
http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/African-kingdoms#ghanover - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gold/hd_gold.htm - Soninke. Encyclopaedia Brittanica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/554492/Soninke - Tombouctou Manuscripts Project
http://www.tombouctoumanuscripts.org/ - The Lion of Mali: The Hajj of Mansa Musa. Academia.edu
http://www.academia.edu/1593503/Lion_Of_Mali_The_Hajj_of_Mansa_Musa
Audio/Video
- Leo Africanus: A Man Between Worlds. BBC Arabic
http://youtu.be/nxMbTbndGrA#aid=P3Pv9yjYKIA - The Manuscripts of Timbuktu (Clip). California Newsreel
http://newsreel.org/video/the-manuscripts-of-timbuktu - Ancient West African Megacities (Clip). BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LkpJdll9A - Sundiata: The Heritage of the Griot (Clip). Kenny Mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQP4gM5Na54 - Keita: The Heritage of the Griot (Clip). California Newsreel
http://youtu.be/95Khdd3PskE
Images
- Lord and Lady Lugard (From Arnold Wright, “Twentieth Century Impressions of Hong-Kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China,” 1908)
Documents
- 12th Century Manuscript on Sharifian History and Geneaology. Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/malihtml/about.html
Chapter 9
Weblinks
- The History of Islam in Africa. whyislam.org
http://www.whyislam.org/muslim-world/the-history-of-islam-in-africa/ - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Trade and Spread of Islam in Africa. The Metropolitan History of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tsis/hd_tsis.htm - Great Zimbabwe National Monument. UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364 - Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa. SAHO
http://www.sahistory.org.za/iron-age-kingdoms-southern-africa - Ile-Ife. Encyclopaedia Britannica.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/282720/Ile-Ife - Yoruba Language Lessons. University of Georgia African Studies Institute
http://www.africa.uga.edu/Yoruba/index.html - A Travel Blog Featuring Sungbo’s Eredos. Titi’s Wanderlust
http://titiswanderlust.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/sungbos-eredo-epe-lagos/ - The Spread of Islam in West Africa. Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
http://iis-db.stanford.edu/docs/235/Islam.pdf - Yoruba Cultural Studies. University of African Art Press
http://universityofafricanart.org/Image/Text/yorubaculturalstudies.pdf
Audio/Video
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument. UNESCO
http://youtu.be/I1KRjQmFEIc - Custodian of Yoruba Culture and Tradition. Manchester Museum
http://youtu.be/iME5YPvSTdY
Images
1. The Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Documents
1. Intelligence Report of British Officer Stationed in Sudan, 1889. Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections
http://reed.dur.ac.uk/metsnav/sadsir/navigate.do?oid=http://endure.dur.ac.uk:8080/fedora/get/UkDhU:cf8820f3-3921-4665-95e6-16049535de44/METS&pn=1&size=screen
Chapter 10
Weblinks
- Benin Kingdom Gallery. Museum of Fine Arts Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/featured-galleries/benin-kingdom-gallery - Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay. The Institute for Diasporic Studies, Northwestern University
http://diaspora.northwestern.edu/mbin/WebObjects/DiasporaX.woa/wa/displayArticle?atomid=902 - Dahomey. The Ouidah Museum of History, Benin
http://www.museeouidah.org/Theme-Dahomey.htm - Stone Towns of the Swahili Coast. Archeology Magazine
http://archaeology.org/issues/116-1401/features/1634-swahili-coast-towns - Swahili Coast. PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/swahili/swahili_overview.html - History of the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom. GhanaWeb
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/ashanti.php - SAHO. South African History Online
http://www.sahistory.org.za/ - Uganda profile. BBC News Africa
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14107906
Documents
1. Dahomey/Nigeria Boundary: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency map, 1969. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
