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The empire of Segu (1712-1861): ethnic ambiguity in a pre-colonial African state
In the wake of Songhai's collapse, the market town of Segu in Mali was established as the capital of an eponymous empire at the turn of the 18th…
Sep 21
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isaac Samuel
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Investigating Africa's historic links with the Old World: ancient DNA and autobiographical evidence from England.
In 2022, archaeologists working on a cluster of early medieval cemeteries near the southern coast of England found the remains of two individuals with…
Sep 14
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isaac Samuel
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The city states of the Yoruba: a history of pre-colonial West African urbanism (1000-1900 CE)
At the close of the 19th century, the Yorùbá region of South-west Nigeria was one of the most urbanized places in Africa.
Sep 7
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isaac Samuel
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The ancient Megalith builders of Africa
In many parts of the prehistoric world, megalithic sites and other related forms of monumental architecture, such as dolmens and stone cairns, marked…
Aug 31
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isaac Samuel
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The invention of Agriculture in Africa: plant domestication and the spread of African crops to Asia and the Americas.
The shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture and herding was among the most profound economic changes that occurred in human history.
Aug 24
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isaac Samuel
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Africans in the Indian Ocean world and the autobiography of a Somali Globetrotter.
In 1944, a soldier on Australia’s most remote northern coastline discovered a handful of copper coins that were originally minted in the medieval…
Aug 17
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isaac Samuel
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Origins and Development of Swahili Architecture (ca. 500-1900 CE)
The East African coast, also known as the Swahili coast, is well known for its picturesque ruins of stone houses, mosques, tombs, and town walls, which…
Aug 10
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isaac Samuel
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Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration
Nearly a century after the Kushite envoys of Queen Amanirenas visited the court of Augustus in 22-20BC, a pair of Roman centurions was sent on a…
Aug 3
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isaac Samuel
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The Luba kingdom and the divergent fortunes of pre-colonial Central Africa (1750-1870).
The connections between pre-colonial Central African kingdoms and the expansion of international trade during the 19th century feature prominently in…
Jul 27
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isaac Samuel
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Early industrialization and modernization in 19th century Africa
During their first encounter at the end of the Middle Ages, the political and social structures of European and African kingdoms were broadly similar…
Jul 20
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isaac Samuel
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