Africa :  the definitive visual history of a continent / 
authors, Morenikeji Asaaju, Adidemi Babalola, Jane Bryce, Obert Mlambo, Patience Motsatsi, Butholezwe Mtombeni, Girma Negash, Raphael Chijioke Njoku, Philip Parker, Luke Pepera, Marilee Wood ; foreword by David Olusoga. 
 - 400 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>African prehistory: 5 MYA-3500 BCE -- Early civilizations: 3000 BCE-600 CE -- African empires: 600-1900 CE -- European encounters: 1440-1914 -- The age of independence: 1914-1994 -- Contemporary Africa: 1994-. 
<br/><br/> Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world's second-largest continent in vivid detail. It brings to life the stories that shaped Africa and the world around it, from powerful and influential empires and kingdoms such as Mali and Benin, through the struggle against colonization and the fight for independence to Africa's place on the global stage today. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0744060109 9780744060102 0241509165 9780241509166 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2024409160 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--History.<br/>Africa--Social life and customs.<br/>Africa--History.<br/>Africa--Civilization.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>960.1