One of the books that is likely to land on their desks is a collection of analytical and historical essays – Great Kingdoms of Africa – edited by John Parker. It ranges back millennia to the kingdoms in Egypt and Nubia, and forward to the more recent Zulu monarchies in Southern Africa. “The way that African politics and state-building have been viewed has changed over the two or three generations that African history has been studied as a serious discipline. African kingdoms didn’t operate like territorial kingdoms in European or Asian history, says Parker. Diaspora trailAnother example of the new way the African past is being studied is via its diaspora, says Parker.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 06, 2024 02:34 UTC