Description: Preface by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, former Director-General of UNESCO (1974-1987) Description of the Project by B. A. Ogot, former President of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa (1978-1983) Note on chronology Members of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Biographies of the authors who contributed to the main edition 1 Africa in the context of world history 2 The coming of Islam and the expansion of the Muslim empire 3 Stages in the development of Islam and its dissemination in Africa 4 Islam as a social system in Africa since the seventh century 5 The peoples of the Sudan: population movements 6 The Bantu-speakingp eoplesa nd their expansion 7 Egypt from the Arab conquest until the end of the Fiftimid state (1171) 8 Christian Nubia at the height of its civilization 9 The conquest of North Africa and Berber resistance 10 The independence of the Maghrib 11 The role of the Sahara and Saharians in the relationships between north and south 12 The emergence of the Fatimids 13 The A lmoravids 14 Trade and trade routes in West Africa 15 The Chad region as a crossroads 16 The Guinea zone: general situation 17 The Guinean belt: the peoples between Mount Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire 18 The peoples of Upper Guinea (between Cote d'Ivoire and the Casamance) 19 The Horn of Africa 20 Ethiopia's relations with the Muslim world 21 The East African coast and the Comoro Islands 22 The East African interior 23 Central Africa to the north of the Zambezi 24 Southern Africa to the south of the Zambezi 25 Madagascar 26 The African diaspora in Asia 27 Relations between the different regions of Africa 28 Africa from the seventh to the eleventh century:five formative centuries Bibliography Index

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