Africa: A Visual History from the Ancient World to the Modern Age

Africa is the most geographically diverse, most ecologically rich, most culturally complex, and most historically deep continent on earth. It is also one of the most misrepresented in the standard Western accounts of world history, which too often treat it as a backdrop to other narratives rather than as the source of civilisations, intellectual traditions, and historical achievements of the first order. DK’s Africa: A Visual History corrects this.

From the ancient kingdoms of Kush and Axum through the great empires of Mali and Zimbabwe, the trauma of the Atlantic slave trade, the colonial period, and the contemporary nations forging their own futures, this magnificent volume presents African history in its full scope and complexity — with the visual richness, the archaeological depth, and the attention to African voices and perspectives that the subject demands.

An essential addition to any serious historical library — and a beautiful visual exploration of the continent that is the cradle of all human civilisation. Published by DK.