General

• Accounts of Meröe, Kush, and Axum, c. 430 BCE - 550 CE
  From Herodotus, Strabo, Dio Cassius, the King of Axum, and Procopius of Caesarea
• Meroë
• Kush
• Axum
•   Mr. Dowling's Virtual Classroom: Ancient Africa
  Well done. Aimed at a grade school readership.

Nubia

• Accounts of Ancient Nubia & Ethiopia, c. 430 BCE - 550 CE
  From Herodotus, Strabo, Diodorus, the King of Axum, and Procopius of Caesarea.
• Tara Kneller: Neither Goddesses Nor Doormats: The Role of Women in Nubia [At MSState]
•   Nubia: The Land Upriver [At NWU]
  Extensive guide by Peter A. Piccione
•   Nubia [At eg.gov]
•   Nubia [At OI-Chicago]
• Vanished Kingdoms of the Nile: The Rediscovery of Ancient Nubia  [At OI-Chicago]

Libya and Western North Africa/Mauretania

• Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): On Libya, from The Histories, c. 430 BCE [At this Site]
• Accounts of Ancient Mauretania, c. 430 BCE- 550 CE
  From Herodotus, Strabo, and Procopius of Caesarea.

Nok Culture

• African Art: Nok Culture [At USF]
  A culture in Northern Nigeria, c. 2500 years ago.

Gambia

•   The stone circles of The Gambia [At Camara's Homepage]
  

Ethiopia and Christianity
General

• The Story of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba in pictures, [At cs.com]
• Library of Ethiopian Texts [At Charles University, Prague]
  The texts of classical Ethipian Christianity, presented in Geez (both transliterated and in the Geez alphabet), and in English.
• The Book of Enoch [At Catholic Encyclopedia]
• The Never Lost Ark: 2000 Years of Orthodox Christian Tradition in Africa [At MIT]
  A major resource of texts, secondary discussions, and images.
• Ethiopia Page [At Indiana]
  A comprehensive listing of Ethiopia links, ancient and modern..
• Rita Pankhurst: Women of Power in Ethiopian Legend and History [At One World]
•   Richard Pankhurst: Collection of Essays [At Indiana]
  Covers all aspects of Ethipian history from ancient times to the present.
• Ethiopian Jewry Page
  

Africa and IslamGeneral

• Islam and Indigenous African Culture [At Harvard]
  A clear narrative, and excellent maps on the penetration of Islam across the Sahara and in East Africa.
• African Islamic History [At H-Net]
  An H-Africa discussion thread.
• John Hunwick: Africa and Islamic Revival: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives [At Georgia]
• Abû Ûthmân al-Jâhiz: The Essays, excerpts, c. 860 CE
  On the Zanj (Black Africans). Arab Muslim opinions.

Egypt

• Firman of Appointment of Muhammad Ali as Pasha of Egypt, issued by the Ottoman Sultan, 1840 [At MS State]
• Muhammad Ali's Tax Inspectors 1809 [At MS State] from Chronicles of al-Jabarti - cAbd al-Rahman al-Jabarti cajaib al-athar f-il-tarajim w-al-akhbar, Cairo 1297/1879 IV, 93-94,141-142, 154, 183, 208-209).

Maghreb

• The Almoravids

States

• The Advent of Islam in West Africa [At Harvard]
• The Advent of Islam in East Africa [At Harvard]
• Leo Africanus: The History and Description of Africa: Borno [At CCNY]

Culture

• Leo Africanus Description of Timbuktu [At WSU]
• Unfolding the Mystery of Timbuktu [At FSU]
• Ibn Battuta: Malian Women, [At CCNY]
• Tabala Wolof: Sufi Drumming of Senegal [At Rootsworld]
  Music samples
  

African Societies
General

•   Trade Map of Africa [At CCNY]
•   Africa: Political Entities Before the Scramble [At ASU]
  Map and text showing the variety of African state formations..
•   Richard Effland: The Rest of the Story About Africa [At Maricopa]
  A discussion of African state formations.
• Richard Effland: The Cultural Evolution of Civilizations [At Maricopa]
  A discussion of different theories of state formation.

West Africa

• Saharan Trade: A Link Between Europe and Africa
  With maps of Ghana, Mali and Songhay.
• Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw: A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince, written by himself. [At Virginia], published Newport, RI, 1774
• Ghana [A non-Muslim Kingdom, lasts until c. 1235 CE]

  Glimpses of the Kingdom of Ghana, 1067 [At CCNY]

  Al Bakri: Description of Ghana [At CCNY]

  Richard Hooker: Ghana [At WSU]

• Mali [A Muslim Empire, from c. 1235 CE. Declines 15th Cent.]

  Mansa Musa: Pilgrimmage to Mecca, 1324 CE

  The Legend of Sundiata [At Kennedy Center]

   Map of Mansa Musa's Northern Africa and description
  From Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
  Map of North Africa in which figures the Atlas Mountains, the king of Mali ( Mansa Musa), the king of Organa, the king of Nubia, the king of Bablyon, and the Red Sea. (BNF, ESP 30) Atlas catalan, Spain, Majorca, c, 14th Century

  Richard Hooker: Mali [At WSU]

  Mali: Africa's Empire of Empires 1235-1468 [At Kennedy Center]

• Songhay [Exists from 11th Cent. Challenges Mali from c. 1400 CE.   Ends early 17th Cent.]
  • Richard Hooker: Songhay [At WSU]
• The Hausa Kingdoms
• Kanem-Bornu
• Benin
  • Richard Eden: Decades of the New World, 1555 [At WSU]
    European traders at the royal court of Benin.
• The Forest Kingdoms  

Zimbabwe

• The Mwenemutapa Empire
• Zimbabwe Slide Show [At Maricopa]
  A 23 image slide show on Great Zimbabwe, with text..
• Great Zimbabwe [At Northpark]
• Great Zimbabwe Ruins
  Modern dating techniques indicate that the city was started around 1200 CE and occupied for about four centuries. For decades western researchers tried to deny that it was built by Africans. [It was!]

Bands and Segementary Societies

• David Wiley: Using "Tribe" to Misunderstand Africa , [At Wisconsin] [A modern account]

Cultures

• African Proverbs [At WSU]
• African Recipes [At Upenn]
• Africa Recipes from Ghana [At Upenn]
• Meanings of Symbols in Adinkara Cloth [At Kemet]
• History and Significance of Ghana's Kente Cloth [At Kemet]
  Both the Adinkara and Kente pages are well illustrated.
• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning [At Virginia]
• Artistry of African Masks [At Harlemm.com]
  Amazingly stunning images of 20 masks.

FOR ALL THE WORLD HISTORYGO

COUNTRY INFORMATION  GO

FOR ALL THE RELIGIONS GO

FOR WORLD POLITICS GO

© Copyright 1999,  Find the links  Page last updated 24-Oct-2008