Discovering the African past takes one on a journey back to the origins of humanity over four million years ago, which is where the author begins his account of the continent's peoples. He ends it at the onset of the colonial era in the late-19th century, noting that "Africa and Africans deserve to be known on their own terms, and to achieve this goal we need to improve our understanding of what took place before colonialism rewrote many of life's rules". African identities constitute one of the author's main themes, and ...
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Discovering the African past takes one on a journey back to the origins of humanity over four million years ago, which is where the author begins his account of the continent's peoples. He ends it at the onset of the colonial era in the late-19th century, noting that "Africa and Africans deserve to be known on their own terms, and to achieve this goal we need to improve our understanding of what took place before colonialism rewrote many of life's rules". African identities constitute one of the author's main themes, and thus he discusses the roles played by genetic background, language, occupation and religion. Population distribution is the other main theme running through the book. As a geographer, the author uses regions, spaces and places as his filters for viewing how Africans have responded through time to differing natural and human environmental circumstances. Drawing on the fields of biology, archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology and demography, as well as geography, he describes the diversity of Africa's inhabitants, the technological changes that transformed their lives, how they formed polities from small groups of kin to states and empires, and how they were influenced by external forces, particularly the slave trade. Maps convey information and help readers interrelate local, regional, continental and global contexts.
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Large 8vo, 14+235 pages, bibliography, many maps, photographs: geographical survey of the continent from the earliest times to the onset of colonialism with an emphasis on the roles played by genetic background, language, occupation, population distribution & religion; hardback FINE FINE dw.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; Discovering the African past takes one on a journey back to the origins of humanity over four million years ago, which is where the author begins his account of the continent's peoples. He ends it at the onset of the colonial era in the late-19th century, noting that "Africa and Africans deserve to be known on their own terms, and to achieve this goal we need to improve our understanding of what took place before colonialism rewrote many of life's rules". African identities constitute one of the author's main themes, and thus he discusses the roles played by genetic background, language, occupation and religion. Population distribution is the other main theme running through the book. As a geographer, the author uses regions, spaces and places as his filters for viewing how Africans have responded through time to differing natural and human environmental circumstances. Drawing on the fields of biology, archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology and demography, as well as geography, he describes the diversity of Africa's inhabitants, the technological changes that transformed their lives, how they formed polities from small groups of kin to states and empires, and how they were influenced by external forces, particularly the slave trade. Maps convey information and help readers interrelate local, regional, continental and global contexts.
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Good. jacket. Oversize hardcover with DJ. DJ shows some shelf wear. Some minor wear to the book. PO stamp in the front inside cover. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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