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  • Published: 23 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780753560136
  • Imprint: WH Allen
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $40.00
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An African History of Africa

From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence





Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African perspective, for fans of William Dalrymple, David Olusoga and Peter Frankopan.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2024 AND THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2025*
*An instant Sunday Times bestseller, Radio 4 Book of the Week and Guardian Best Summer Read*
Selected as a book to look out for by the Guardian and The Rest is Politics

Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.

For too long, Africa’s history has been dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, or simply ignored. Now, Zeinab Badawi sets the record straight.

In this fascinating book, Badawi guides us through Africa’s spectacular history – from the origins of humanity, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence. Visiting more than thirty African countries to interview countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, Badawi weaves together a gripping new history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet, told through the voices of Africans themselves.

  • Published: 23 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780753560136
  • Imprint: WH Allen
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $40.00
Categories:

About the author

Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, filmmaker and President of SOAS London University and is an honorary fellow of her alma mater St Hilda's College Oxford University. Born in Sudan, she presented Channel 4 News for over a decade and on the BBC she has interviewed some of the world's most notable personalities and politicians on World News Today, HARDtalk and Global Questions. She is a Patron of the United Nations Association UK, a board member of the Arts, Humanities and Research Council, of MINDS, the Mandela Institute for Development Studies, the International Crisis Group and of Afrobarometer. She was previously Chair of the Royal African Society. An African History of Africa is her first book.