The history of ancient Egypt, too, is preserved in more detail than that of most West African empires because Egypt had a writing system. But that doesn’t mean that the society was more ...

Under this postcolonial iteration of informal empire, French troops shuttled in and out of West Africa, conducting more than 40 military interventions between 1960 and 2002, while maintaining a ...

African kingdoms didn’t operate like territorial kingdoms in European or Asian history, says Parker. “They had dynamic and more fluid ways of operating, and there was a distinction between the core ...

Here are seven of the most notable African kingdoms and empires, who had complex cities, trade routes, riches and cultures. Related: 1. The Mali Empire ...

Object Details author Stride, G. T Author Ifeka, Caroline Notes Reviewed by Spencer H. Brown in International journal of African historical studies (Boston) 5 (3) 1972, pages 533-537 (DT1.A2592 AFA) ...