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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

by Robert O. Collins  •  James M. Burns

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A clear, brief survey of the history and development of Africa, aimed at undergraduates and interested readers, organized thematically. With chapters on climate and geography, the rise of states and empires, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, the European conquest, and Africa in the 20th century.  (AFR174, $31.99)


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