Does anyone have any reasonable suggestions for a book or article(s) on the source and nature of past African civilisations?
I often see grand allusions to Benin or Great Zimbabwe and other civilisational flowerings, usually in the context of how European (and sometimes Arab) intrusions cut short what would otherwise be a similar historical record for Africans as for other groups.
I'm interested, if anyone has any tips, on what was known to exist and who were the key creators of this. E.G. where it is geographically African or also ethnically African.
I'm not so interested in later Egyptian dynasties and the impact there, a field which has been well-trodden by many easily sourceable article and books, but more central and southern Africa.
I often see grand allusions to Benin or Great Zimbabwe and other civilisational flowerings, usually in the context of how European (and sometimes Arab) intrusions cut short what would otherwise be a similar historical record for Africans as for other groups.
I'm interested, if anyone has any tips, on what was known to exist and who were the key creators of this. E.G. where it is geographically African or also ethnically African.
I'm not so interested in later Egyptian dynasties and the impact there, a field which has been well-trodden by many easily sourceable article and books, but more central and southern Africa.