Through African Eyes: The Past, The Road to Independence

By Leon E. Clark

Book Overview

Volume 1 begins with the African past, focusing on the ancient kingdoms of both East and West Africa and continues through the coming of the Europeans and the African colonial experience, concluding with the rise of nationalism in which Africans struggle to regain their freedom from the Europeans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093896027X
• ISBN13: 9780938960270
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

An Inside View of Africa

This is perhaps the most insightful history of Africa that has been written in less than 300 pages. Moreover, it reveals a view of Africa as seen by Africans as well as by outsiders. The narrative line that runs from the glories of the West African kingdoms to the post-independence period of the 20th century is interwoven with firsthand accounts by Africans that make for compelling reading.