UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
INTRODUCTORY TEXTS
INTRODUCTORY TEXTS
The two largest works on African History are the volumes published by UNESCO and Cambridge
University:
General History of Africa. UNESCO International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a
General History of Africa. London: Heinemann, 1981-1992. 8 vols.
VP DT20 .G45 1981, vols. 1-8
Museum DT20 .G45 1981, vols. 2-8
Oliver, Roland and J. D. Fage, eds. Cambridge History of Africa. London: Cambridge University
Press, 1975-1986. 8 vols.
VP DT20 .C27, vols. 1-8
More specific works include:
Afigbo, A. E. et. al., eds. The Making of Modern Africa. New Ed. New York: Longman, 1986.
Vol. 1: The Nineteenth Century [1968 ed.] VP DT28 .M3
Vol. 2: The Twentieth Century VP DT28 .M32 1986
Davidson, Basil. African Civilization Revisited: From Antiquity to Modern Times. Trenton, N.J.:
Africa World Press, 1991.
VP DT14 .D28 1991
Freund, Bill. The Making of Contemporary Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984.
VP DT28 .F73 1984
Harris. Joseph. Africans and Their History. Revised Edition. New York: New American Library,
1987.
VP DT31 .H28 1987
Martin, Phyllis M. and Patrick O Meara, eds. Africa. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1986.
VP Rosengarten Reserve DT3. .A23 1986
Oliver, Roland and Anthony Atmore. Africa Since 1800. New Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge
Univeristy Press, 1994.
VP & Museum DT28 .O4 1994
Oliver, Roland and J. D. Fage. A Short History of Africa. 2nd Edition. Harmondsworth: Penguin,
1966.
VP DT20 .O4 1966