Key events in African history
Subtitle: a reference guide
By: Toyin Falola.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Africa -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"An Oryx book."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Ancient and Precolonial Period; title: Africa: An Overview 3; title: 1. The Prehistoric Past: The Evolution of Homo sapiens sapiens, 40,000 B.C. 18; title: 2. The Agricultural Revolution, 5000 B.C.+ 26; title: 3. The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, 3100 B.C.+ 34; title: 4. The Iron Age and the Spread of Bantu Speakers, 730 B.C.+ 43; title: 5. The Rise of Kush and Aksum, 730 B.C.+ 54; title: 6. The Greeks and Romans in North Africa, 332 B.C.+ 62; title: 7. Ethiopia: The Emergence of a Christian Kingdom, A.D. 1250+ 69; title: 8. The Spread of Islam, A.D. 622 Onward 79; title: 9. Kingdoms of West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, A.D. 1000-1600 90; title: 10. The Rise of the Swahili City-States of East Africa, Tenth-Fourteenth Century A.D. 102; title: 11. The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870 110; title: 12. The Organization of Societies, Fifteenth Century A.D. Onward 119; title: Part II. The Nineteenth-Century Period; title: 13. The Outbreak of Islamic Jihad, 1804 131; title: 14. Wars and Revolution among the Yoruba, 1817-93 140; title: 15. The Spread of Christianity, 1804 Onward 149; title: 16. The Rise of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, 1811-47 159; title: 17. The Mfecane: Shaka and the Zulu Kingdom, 1816-40 167; title: 18. European Conquest and African Response, 1885-1900 175; title: Part III. The Twentieth-Century Period; title: 19. The Colonial Experience, 1900-1939 187; title: 20. The Entrenchment of Apartheid in South Africa, 1948 197; title: 21. Africa Drawn into the Second World War, 1940-45 205; title: 22. The End of European Rule, 1951-90 212; title: 23. Violence to Gain National Liberation, 1952-62 221; title: 24. Confrontation with the Gains and Pains; title: of Independence, 1958-70 231; title: 25. The Formation of the Organization of African Unity, 1963 239; title: 26. Coups, Counter Coups, and Military Regimes, 1963 Onward 246; title: 27. Ujamaa and Policy Choices, 1967 Onward 254; title: 28. The Creation of the Economic Community of West African States, 1975 262; title: 29. Portuguese Colonies Attain Freedom, 1975 270; title: 30. Cultural Revival and Cultural Inventory:; title: The Second World Black Festival of Arts and Culture, 1977 281; title: 31. The Women's Decade, 1975-85 289; title: 32. A Continent in Deep Crisis, 1980 Onward 297; title: 33. Environmental Challenges, 1980s Onward 305; title: 34. African Refugees, 1980 Onward 312; title: 35. Africa in World Politics in Transition, 1980s Onward 320; title: 36. The Fall of Apartheid and the Advent of Nelson Mandela's Government, 1994-99 328.