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• - An introduction to African history from an African perspective, with illustrations and sound recordings. Produced by the BBC World Service.
  
• - Historical examination of Saharan trade routes.
  
• - Maps dated from 1808 to 1978 from the Perry-Casteñeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin.
  
• - Provides resources for those interested in the African-centered historical approach and the "Black Athena" debate.
  
• - Chronology of African history.
  
• - Culture and history resource text learning module.
  
• - An exhibit of maps and travel narratives from Leo Africanus to Chinua Achebe.
  
• - Harvard University project to make African visual culture available to a larger audience.
  
• - An overview of the major periods of African history, including early history, Africa to the 1400s, the arrival of the Europeans, colonial times, and modern Africa.
  
• - E. D. Morel's 1920 study of the devastating impact of European interventions and colonialism in Africa, from the slave trade beginning in the 15th century through the partition of Africa leading up to World War I.
  
• - Full text of 1774 autobiographical document of Gronniosaw, of the city of Barnou.
  
• - H-Net discussion group dedicated to the history and culture of Africa. Features subject overview, thesis abstracts, reviews, bibliographies, essays, links to related resources, and subscription information.
  
• - Books and articles recommended by a professor who specializes in research about the colonization of Africa.
  
• - Annotated link list (Fordham University).
  
• - Exhibit from the Cushing Memorial Library featuring books chosen for their importance as reflections of European attitudes toward Africa before colonialism was fully entrenched.
  
• - Excerpt from 1526 book "The Description of Africa," at Washington State University history site.
  
• - Collection of links from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook, emphasis on southern Africa.
  
• - An interactive educational site that explores Africa's history from the dawn of mankind to modern day.
  
• - Articles covering the range of African history.
  
• - A bibliography of selected histories of African culture and civilization.
  
• - Perspectives on Africa's indigenous knowledge systems, with extracts from scholarly works in different disciplines.
  
• - Brief essay by George E. Lichtblau on the history of Jews throughout the African continent.
  
• - Timeline of early Islamic history.
  
• - African Studies Center links page, University of Pennsylvania.
  
• - Resources for African history from the Africa pages at Stanford University.
  
• - An introduction to African history and culture by Kenyan scholar Malaika Mutere. From the African Odyssey Interactive project of the Kennedy Center.
  
• - Article from The Radical Historians Newsletter examining the search for ethnic histories in South Africa.
  
• - Three-part article by Ann Macy Roth exploring ethnographical issues in African history.
  
• - Introduction to a three-volume history of the Dutch West-Indische Compagnie (WIC) on the Gold Coast of tropical West-Africa. (1698-1728). English text despite dutch title pages.
  
• - Trans-Saharan trade and the West African discovery of the Mediterranean world, a paper from the Third Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies.