Readers travel to the heart of Africa and trace Central Africa's geographical, political and social evolution through its greatest rulers in this revealing volume. Focus is given to the 15th-century Kongo king Afonso I, the first to introduce European religion, goods and know-how to the region. Afonso wanted to deal with Europe on an equal footing but could not stop the slave trade that eventually sent millions of people from the region to the Americas. Shamba Bolongongo, the legendary Bakuba king was an innovative and peaceful ruler who developed arts and crafts. In the 20th century progressive King Njoya of Cameroon, a restless innovator introduced new ways into Bamum country, even as his realm was caught between competing French, British and German powers.
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Through the centuries, the fertile and mineral-rich region of Central Africa saw the rise of strong kingdoms, led by wise and gifted rulers. This book traces the lives of some of these creative leaders of the past.
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Sylviane Anna Diouf is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children and of numerous articles for international publications and scholarly journals and books. She specializes in the history of Africa and of people of African origin. Of Senegalese and French origin, she has lived in various African and European countries and in the United States. She is a university professor and lives in New York City with her son.
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Sylviane Anna Diouf specializes in the social history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery, as well as contemporary African migrations.
Her latest book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press) won the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association, the 2009 James F. Sulzby Award for best book on Alabama history from the Alabama Historical Association and was a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for non fiction. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (NYU Press) was named Outstanding Academic Book in 1999.
Sylviane has lived in France, Senegal, Gabon, and Italy and now resides in New York City. See more at www.sylvianediouf.com
Her latest book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press) won the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association, the 2009 James F. Sulzby Award for best book on Alabama history from the Alabama Historical Association and was a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for non fiction. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (NYU Press) was named Outstanding Academic Book in 1999.
Sylviane has lived in France, Senegal, Gabon, and Italy and now resides in New York City. See more at www.sylvianediouf.com
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Africa is a continent of great natural diversity-burning deserts, snowy mountains, lush forests, dry savannas, and majestic rivers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Africa is a continent of great natural diversity-burning deserts, snowy mountains, lush forests, dry savannas, and majestic rivers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon by Mark Dike DeLancey in Back Matter
- Great Rulers of the African Past by Lavinia G. Dobler in Back Matter
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (Cultures of the World Series, Group 17) by Jay Heale in Back Matter
- The Kongo Kingdom (African Civilizations) by Manuel Jordan in Back Matter
- Kings and Queens (Superchamp Books) by Jan Mark in Back Matter
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