General History of Africa: Africa since 1935
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.
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administration African countries African languages Afro-Asian agricultural al-Nasser Algeria Angola apartheid Arab areas became Britain British Cameroon capital capitalist cent Central centres Christian co-operation colonial powers Conference continued Côte d'Ivoire Council cultural decolonization economic Egypt Egyptian élite established Ethiopia ethnic European export foreign former France French Ghana groups Guinea ideology imperialism important independence indigenous industrial institutions integration Islam Kenya Kwame Kwame Nkrumah labour leaders liberation Libya Madagascar major Mazrui military Morocco movement Mozambique Muslim Namibia nation-building nationalist Nigeria Nkrumah Non-Aligned Nyerere Organization pan-Africanism parties period political population Portuguese post-colonial production PRTL regime regional Republic Rhodesia role rural Second World Second World War sector Senegal social socialist society solidarity Somalia South Africa Southern Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet struggle Sudan Tanzania territories Third-World trade traditional Tunisia Uganda UNESCO Union United Nations urban West Africa Western Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe