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African Ancient Origins

Stories Of People & Civilization
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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... Read More
Format: Hardback
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African Ancient Origins

A brand new, accessible and enlightening history by Robin Walker, African Ancient Origins tells the stories of African golden ages, of the key dynasties, individuals, cities, trade and achievements, going back to the first migrations and origin stories. From the Kingdom of Kerma in Sudan to the Zulu Empire, the influences were complex and many.

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.

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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 and the Khoisan. A brand new, accessible and enlightening history by Robin Walker, African Ancient Origins tells the stories of African golden ages, of the key dynasties, individuals, cities, trade and achievements, going back to the first migrations, origin stories and myths.

From the Kingdom of Kerma in Sudan to the Zulu Empire, we learn of the many cultures that existed for thousands of years before European invasion, of their complex histories that have left lasting legacies on modern African nations.

Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction: authors, myths, tales and history without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new Introduction and a Glossary of Terms or lists of Ancient Leaders.

Hardback, Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835622704

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Illustration: 3 Line drawings, black and white

Contributors:

  • General editor J.K. Jackson
  • Foreword by Prof. Manu Ampim

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 168.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Robin Walker (Author), 'The Black History Man', was born in London but has also lived in Jamaica. He is an entrepreneur, publisher, educator and author. He read Economics at the London School of Economics; then studied African World Studies with Dr Femi Biko and Mr Kenny Baikie; and later trained as a secondary school teacher. In 2006 Walker wrote the seminal When We Ruled, the most advanced synthesis of ancient and medieval African history ever written by a single author. Subsequent books include Blacks and Science Volumes I, II and III, Blacks and Religion Volumes I and II, A History of Africa and the ALCS-award-winning Black History Matters, as well as books in collaboration with others such as Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire. In 2022 he co-founded the online adult education business, The Black Secret, which teaches Black History and African Heritage to adults. He has delivered classes and lectures for many organizations, from the Department for Education to the Victoria & Albert Museum. Prof. Manu Ampim (Foreword) is a noted scholar and tenured professor of History and Africana Studies at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California (USA). He has conducted primary research on classical African civilizations in two dozen countries for the past 36 years, and is an author of several influential books, namely Towards Black Community Development (2nd ed. 1996), Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth (2013), and A History of African Civilizations (2nd ed, 2023). Ampim is also the Director of Advancing The Research (Oakland, Calif, USA).

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