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History of African Cities South of the Sahara (Paperback, New edition)
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History of African Cities South of the Sahara (Paperback, New edition)
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Cities have existed in sub-Saharan Africa since antiquity. But only
now are historians and archaeologists rediscovering their rich
heritage: the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe and Congo, the harbor
cities at the Indian Ocean, the capitals of the Bantu Kingdoms, the
Atlantic cities from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and the urban
revolutions in the 19th century. Mercantile cities opened Africa to
the world, Islamic cities became centers of scholarship and the
trans-Saharan trade, Creole cities appeared after the first contact
with Europeans, and Bantu cities of the hinterland reacted against
them. The author has gone through vast numbers of archival records
and conducted independent field research to analyze and describe
the rich history of African cities even long before imperial
colonization began, and she continues her story until the time of
urban reorganization during industrialization. The result is a
colorful panorama of urban lifestyles including unique examples of
architecture and lasting traditions of ethnic, cultural, religious,
and commercial forms of co-existence. This edition is translated by
Mary Baker.
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