SexViolHist Bib: Geographical Index: African History

»Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago. In the 4th millennium BC written history arose in Ancient Egypt, and later in Nubia's Kush, the Horn of Africa's Dʿmt, and Ifrikiya's Carthage. Between around 3000 BC and 1000 AD, the Bantu expansion swept from north-western Central Africa (modern day Cameroon) across much of sub-Saharan Africa, laying the foundations for states in Central, Eastern, and Southern regions. In most African societies the oral word is revered, and as such they have generally recorded their history orally. This has led anthropologists to term them oral civilisations, contrasted with literate civilisations which pride the written word. Oral tradition often remained the preferred method of recordation in cases when a writing system was adapted or developed; for example the oral recordation of the Kouroukan Fouga in the Mali Empire while having adapted the Arabic script to be used in scholarly pursuits.
Many kingdoms and empires came and went in all regions of the continent. Most states were created through conquest or the borrowing and assimilation of ideas and institutions, while some developed through internal, largely isolated development.« -- More information: Wikipedia

C h r o n o l o g i c a l I n d e x

1. Ancient History: Ancient Egypt

2. Medieval History: 13^th Century

3. Modern History: General, 17^th Century, 18^th Century, 19^th Century, 20^th Century, 21^th Century

G e o g r a p h i c a l I n d e x

1. Central Africa: Cameroonian History, Central African History, Congolese History, Gabonese History

2. Eastern Africa: Burundian History, Eritrean History, Ethiopian History, Kenyan History, Madagascan History, Rwandan History, Somalian History, Tanzanian History, Ugandan History

3. Northern Africa: Algerian History, Egyptian History, Libyan History, Moroccan History, Sudanese History, Tunisian History

4. Southern Africa: Botswana History, Mozambican History, Namibian History, South African History, Swazi History, Zambian History, Zimbabwean History

5. Western Africa: Beninese History, Burkinabe History, Equatoguinean History, Ghanaian History, Ivorian History, Liberian History, Malian History, Nigerian History, Nigerien History, Senegalese History, Sierra Leonean History, Togolese History