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In this index, page number in bold italic font
indicate photos or illustrations.
A
Abolitionist movement, 40–41
Abomey, Benin, 37,
37
ACS.
See
American Colonization Society (ACS)
agriculture: Ashanti States and, 38; Bantu people
and, 47; farmer depiction,
54
; Sahara Desert,
13; Ugandan farmland,
46
,
67
, 68; White
Highlands, 66
Ahmed, Muhammad, 30
Algeria: Basilique Notre Dame d’Afrique,
57
;
The
Bombardment of Algiers, August 27, 1816
(Chambers),
21
; cities of,
20
,
22
, 23,
56
;
colonialism, 17, 56; independence of, 20, 62;
St. Augustine, 19; Tassili N’Ajjer,
24
.
See also
Maghreb
Algerian Wars, 20, 23, 57
Algiers, Algeria,
21
,
22
,
23
,
56
al-Hasan, Ali, 42
Ali, Muhammad, 30
al-Qaddafi, Muammar, 20
American Colonization Society (ACS), 66
Amin, Idi, 51
Anglo-Zulu War, 55
Ankole Watusi cattle, 50,
50
Antananarivo, Madagascar,
62
Arab Maghreb Union, 20
Arab slave trade, 43
Ashanti States, 38
Ashanti Yam Ceremony,
72
Askia the Great, 35
Aswan, Egypt, 29,
29
Aswan High Dam,
30
Atlantic slave trade, 37, 39–41,
39
.
See also
American Colonization Society (ACS)
Atlas Mountains,
60–61
Axim, Ghana,
73
Axum, Kingdom of, 31
B
Bantu people, 46–47, 49–51, 52, 53, 54
Barbary Coast, 21–23
A Barbary Pirate
(Mola),
21
Barbary Wars, 23, 24
Basilique Notre Dame d’Afrique,
57
Battuta, Ibn, 20
Bedouin people,
19
Benin, 36–37,
37
Berber people, 18,
18
, 19
boats,
32
,
59
.
See also
ships
Boers, 54–55
The Bombardment of Algiers, August 27, 1816
(Chambers),
21
Bou Regreg River,
59
British colonialism: administration and, 59, 68, 69;
North Africa, 30; overview of, 63–66, 70;
Southern Africa, 54; West Africa, 36, 39, 41;
White Highlands, 66, 68.
See also
European
slave trade
Buganda, 47, 49, 50–51
Bunyoro State, 49–50
Burton, Richard, 17
C
Cabral, Pedro Ávares, 43,
43
camel caravans, 13,
19
, 25, 33
Chefchaouen, Morocco,
13
Christianity, spread of, 13, 19, 31, 56
civilization origins, 12–17
climate change, 13, 24
colonialism: East Africa, 43; economics of, 66, 68;
independence from, 74–76; North Africa, 20;
overview of, 10–11, 56–59, 62–66, 68–70, 72–
73; West Africa, 38.
See also
European slave
trade;
specific colonialism
Constantine, Algeria,
20
cotton, 68,
68
“Cradle of Civilization,” 12–17
cricket, 70
Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa,
65
Cwezi people, 49, 50
D
da Gama, Vasco, 16
deserts.
See
Sahara Desert
discrimination, 70.
See also
European superiority
attitude; slave trade
diseases, 11, 17
Djenné market, Mali,
35
Djeser-Djeseru “Holy of Holies,”
14–15
Dogon people, 34
D’Oliveira, Basil, 70
Dutch colonialism, 54–55
E
East Africa, 12, 42–45, 76
education, 63, 64, 69
Egypt: Aswan High Dam,
30
; “Cradle of
Civilization,” 12, 13; Great Pyramid of Giza,
12
; Lake Nasser, 29–30; Muhammad Ali and,
30; Nile River area and tributaries and, 28–31,
28
,
29
; Shali Fortress,
25
; temples,
14–15
,
29
elephants,
8–9
El-Hamid, Abd, II, 30
Emperor Menelik II, 31
ergs,
25–26
Ethiopia, 12, 13, 31, 76
European slave trade, 21–23, 39–40
European superiority attitude, 11, 58
Ewuare, Oba, 37
F
Faidherbe, Louis-Léon-César, 69
farmer depiction,
54
farmland,
46
,
67
Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, 69
Franco-Prussian War of 1870, 58
French colonialism, 20, 56–59, 62–63, 65, 69
G
Gao, 34, 35
Gezo of Dahomey,
73
Ghana: Ashanti States, 38; fishing village in Axim,
73
; independence of, 72, 75; Islam, spread of,
13; Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra,,
74
; Larabanga Mosque, Larabanga,
33
Ghana Empire, 32–33
A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of
Cities and the Marvels of Traveling
(Battuta),
20
goats,
10–11
Gold Coast.
See
Ghana
gold trade, 33, 34, 38, 42, 52
“Golden Stool” legend, 38
Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal,
63
Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia,
17
Great Mosque, Sousse, Tunisia,
58
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt,
12
H
Habib Bourguiba Mausoleum portico, Monastir,
Tunisia,
16
haji, 20, 34
Hausa City State, 35–36
history.
See
colonialism; pre-colonial history
Hodgson, Frederick, 38
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 74,
75
Houphouët-Boigny, Marie-Thérèse,
75
houses,
34
,
53
,
66
I
independence, overview of, 66, 74–76
Inland Africa, 46–51
Islam, spread of, 13, 16, 20, 30, 33, 36
Ismail, Moulay, 23
J
jihads, 30, 36
Johannesburg, South Africa,
70–71
K
Kalahari Desert, 52,
53
Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat, Morocco,
59
Keïta, Sundiata, 34
Kennedy, Jacqueline,
75
Kennedy, John F.,
75
Kenya, 12, 17, 66, 68, 74,
75
Kenyatta, Jomo, 74,
75
Khoikhoi people, 54
Kilwa Kisiwani, 42–43,
43
King Béhanzin, 36
King Béhanzin statue, Abomey, Benin,
37