Africa from the seventh to the eleventh century / Unesco International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa ; editor, M. Elfasi ; assistant editor, I. Hrbek.

Documents the increasing influence of Islam and its dissemination and interaction with traditional African culture in northern and western regions. The essays place Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century and examine the impact of Islamic penetration, expansion...

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Corporate Author: Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Other Authors: Elfasi, M., Hrbek, Ivan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Berkeley : Heinemann Educational Books ; University of California Press, 1988.
Series:General history of Africa ; 3.
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505 0 |a Africa in the context of world history / I. Hrbek -- The coming of Islam and the expansion of the Muslim empire / M. El Fasi and I. Hrbek -- Stages in the development of Islam and its dissemination in Africa / M. El Fasi and I. Hrbek -- Islam as a social system in Africa since the seventh century / Z. Dramani-Issifou -- The peoples of the Sudan : population movements / F. de Medeiros -- The Bantu-speaking peoples and their expansion / S. Lwanga-Lunyiigo and J. Vansina -- Egypt from the Arab conquest until the end of the Fāṭimid state (1171) / T. Bianquis -- Christian Nubia at the height of its civilization / S. Jakobielski -- The conquest of North Africa and Berber resistance / H. Monès -- The independence of the Maghrib / M. Talbi -- The role of the Sahara and Saharians in relationships between north and south / T. Lewicki -- The emergence of the Fāṭimids / I. Hrbek -- The Almoravids / I. Hrbek and J. Devisse -- Trade and trade routes in West Africa / J. Devisse -- The Chad region as a crossroads / D. Lange -- The Guinea zone : general situation / Thurstan Shaw -- The Guinean belt : the peoples between Mount Cameroon and the Ivory Coast / B.W. Andah in collaboration with J. Anquandah -- The peoples of Upper Guinea (between the Ivory Coast and the Casamance) / B.W. Andah -- The Horn of Africa / T.T. Mekouria -- Ethiopia's relations with the Muslim world / E. Cerulli -- The East African coast and the Comoro Islands / F.T. Masao and H.W. Mutoro -- The East African interior / C. Ehret -- Central Africa to the north of the Zambesi / D.W. Phillipson -- Southern Africa to the south of the Zambezi / T.N. Huffman -- Madagascar / B. Domenichini-Ramiaramanana -- The African diaspora in Asia / Y. Talib based on a contribution by F. Samir -- Relations between the different regions of Africa / A. Bathily with the collaboration of C. Meillassoux -- Africa from the seventh to the eleventh century : five formative centuries / J. Devisse and J. Vansina. 
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500 |a Includes index. 
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