Fowler Public Library

Companion volume to the PBS series. Provides an examination of modern Africa and the three major influences which have shaped it: indigenous traditions, Western culture, and Islamic culture.

Surveys the history, civilizations, culture and people of ancient Africa and explains the influence of the past on modern African life and customs.

Uses craft projects to introduce the African culture.

Patrick Manning refuses to divide the African diaspora into the experiences of separate regions and nations. Instead, he follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In weaving these stories together, Manning shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities...

An account of the ancient African civilizations of Kush, Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, Axum (Ethiopia) and Egypt.

In captivating prose, Dowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the Internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Rwanda and the Congo.

Includes a physical description of Africa's geography, its cultural background, and a country-by-country survey of each state.

Between the end of the nineteenth century and the eve of World War II, Africans displaced by colonial rule aggrandized the attainments of American blacks, creating an African-American myth that played an imporant role in their religious, political and social life.