Very Short Introductions African History: A Very Short Introduction, (Paperback)

from allthesedarnbooks

This was an interesting little book. It was definitely interesting, but it was more of a historiography, or history of the study of African history, than an introduction to African history itself. I would have liked more chronology and meat in a history text, but as an historiographical (is that ...

from LamSon

This book was not about African history, but one about the difficulties in studying the continent's history. As such, it was interesting, but I was hoping something more true to the title.

from magonistarevolt

It should be known by all potential readers that this is a book *about* African History, not an *African History Book.* It is an introduction to how African History is created and the way that the field in turn both creates and complicates the existence of Africa, as both a continent and a nation...