Africa & AfricansAfrica and Africans keeps a watchful eye on what has happened in Africa and on what has happened in the rest of the world that shapes how people look at Africa. The world¿s perception of Africa is an entanglement of myth and reality¿both reflecting and changing with the times. This highly informative yet concise volume, written by two authors intimately familiar with Africa, presents the facts about African society¿past and present. Students wishing to explore Africa¿s historical events and rich traditions will discover that Africans want to keep what they value in their old way of life as they find themselves in an emerging global culture. |
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Page 157
Paul Bohannan, Philip D. Curtin. territory is apparent from the Great Wall frontier of China to the steppe frontier of eastern Europe , from the northeast frontier of India to the northern and southern frontiers of the Sahara ...
Paul Bohannan, Philip D. Curtin. territory is apparent from the Great Wall frontier of China to the steppe frontier of eastern Europe , from the northeast frontier of India to the northern and southern frontiers of the Sahara ...
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... frontier between desert and savanna . This trade was crucial for the western sudan , which lacked a local source of salt . Rock salt from the desert was exchanged for gold , mined well back from the desert's edge in Bambuk , Bouré , and ...
... frontier between desert and savanna . This trade was crucial for the western sudan , which lacked a local source of salt . Rock salt from the desert was exchanged for gold , mined well back from the desert's edge in Bambuk , Bouré , and ...
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... frontier line , and the Xhosa were too numerous to be easily moved aside . They traded across that frontier for guns and horses , which made it possible for them to meet the Europeans on nearly equal terms in a long series of wars ...
... frontier line , and the Xhosa were too numerous to be easily moved aside . They traded across that frontier for guns and horses , which made it possible for them to meet the Europeans on nearly equal terms in a long series of wars ...
Contents
AFRICAN BACKGROUND | 3 |
African Arts | 49 |
African Politics and Courts | 87 |
Copyright | |
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