Robin Walker

Beautiful edition taking the reader through the origins and history of African nations and peoples, highlighting the roots of modern fiction in history, myth and fable. Africa is a crucible of many civilisations, indeed of humanity. African peoples can be traced back 16,000 years or so to 5 ancestral civilisational groups based on their language families, such as the Nilo-Saharan...

Written by award-winning author Robin Walker, A History of Africa takes an in-depth look at the rich and fascinating history of the African continent through the ages. From prehistoric Africa, through ancient Egypt to the African kingdoms, the slave trade, colonialism, and countries' struggles for independence, right up to the modern-day continent, this book celebrates this vast continent and its...