Africans : the history of a continent /
Iliffe, John,author.
"First edition first published 1995."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The frontiersmen of mankind -- The emergence of food-producing communities -- The impact of metals -- Christianity and Islam -- Colonising society in western Africa -- Colonising society in eastern and southern Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- Regional diversity in the nineteenth century -- Colonial invasion -- Colonial society and African nationalism -- Industrialisation and race in South Africa, 1886-1994 -- Independent Africa, 1956-95 -- Recovery?