General History of Africa, IV: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century

Describes the great states and cities of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, including the empire of Mali, the rise of Songhay, the Hausa and Kanem-Borno states, the Swahili coast, Ethiopia, the Zimbabwe plateau and the kingdoms of central Africa. It also follows the Maghrib and Egypt, and the first contacts with European navigators at the end of the period.

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