History of Africa | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:07 1 Prehistory
00:03:16 1.1 Paleolithic
00:06:57 1.2 Emergence of agriculture and desertification of the Sahara
00:11:23 1.3 Central Africa
00:12:11 1.4 Metallurgy
00:14:05 2 Antiquity
00:14:57 2.1 Ancient Egypt
00:19:50 2.2 Nubia
00:23:09 2.3 Carthage
00:25:58 2.3.1 Role of the Berbers
00:27:58 2.4 Somalia
00:28:38 2.5 Roman North Africa
00:34:02 2.6 Aksum
00:36:32 2.7 West Africa
00:38:51 2.8 Bantu expansion
00:40:17 3 Medieval and Early Modern (6th to 18th centuries)
00:40:29 3.1 Sao civilization
00:41:29 3.2 Kanem Empire
00:43:26 3.3 Bornu Empire
00:45:53 3.4 Shilluk Kingdom
00:46:33 3.5 Baguirmi Kingdom
00:47:03 3.6 Wadai Empire
00:47:54 3.7 Luba Empire
00:49:22 3.8 Lunda Empire
00:50:54 3.9 Kingdom of Kongo
00:53:48 3.10 Horn of Africa
00:53:57 3.10.1 Somalia
00:56:43 3.10.2 Ethiopia
00:58:37 3.11 North Africa
00:58:46 3.11.1 Maghreb
01:04:18 3.11.2 Nile Valley
01:04:26 3.11.2.1 Egypt
01:08:25 3.11.2.2 Sudan
01:08:32 3.11.3 Christian and Islamic Nubia
01:11:35 3.12 Southern Africa
01:12:15 3.12.1 Great Zimbabwe and Mapungubwe
01:15:47 3.12.2 Namibia
01:16:35 3.12.3 South Africa and Botswana
01:16:44 3.12.3.1 Sotho–Tswana
01:17:23 3.12.3.2 Nguni peoples
01:18:03 3.12.3.3 Khoisan and Afrikaaner
01:20:15 3.13 Southeast Africa
01:20:24 3.13.1 Prehistory
01:20:50 3.13.2 Swahili coast
01:23:42 3.13.3 Urewe
01:25:19 3.13.4 Madagascar and Merina
01:27:23 3.13.5 Lake Plateau states and empires
01:27:43 3.13.5.1 Kitara and Bunyoro
01:28:54 3.13.5.2 Buganda
01:29:53 3.13.5.3 Rwanda
01:31:05 3.13.5.4 Burundi
01:31:44 3.13.6 Maravi (Malawi)
01:32:41 3.14 West Africa
01:32:49 3.14.1 Sahelian empires & states
01:32:52 3.14.1.1 Ghana
01:34:41 3.14.1.2 Mali
01:38:08 3.14.1.3 Songhai
01:41:28 3.14.1.4 Sokoto Caliphate
01:42:55 3.14.2 Forest empires and states
01:43:04 3.14.2.1 Akan kingdoms and emergence of Asante Empire
01:47:03 3.14.2.2 Dahomey
01:48:42 3.14.2.3 Yoruba
01:51:15 3.14.2.4 Benin
01:52:59 3.14.2.5 Niger Delta and Igbo
01:54:24 4 19th century
01:54:33 4.1 Southern Africa
01:56:29 4.2 Nguniland
01:58:44 4.3 Voortrekkers
02:00:32 4.4 European trade, exploration and conquest
02:05:44 4.5 France versus Britain: the Fashoda crisis of 1898
02:06:45 4.6 European colonial territories
02:08:27 5 20th century
02:10:00 5.1 World War I
02:12:41 5.2 World War II: Political
02:16:46 5.2.1 French Africa
02:18:18 5.3 World War II: Military
02:20:42 5.4 Post-war Africa: decolonization
02:21:51 5.4.1 East Africa
02:22:33 5.4.2 North Africa
02:24:53 5.4.3 Southern Africa
02:25:45 5.4.4 West Africa
02:26:47 5.5 Historiography of British Africa
02:29:05 6 See also
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The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and – at least 200,000 years ago – anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. The earliest known recorded history arose in the Kingdom of Kush, and later in Ancient Egypt, the Sahel, the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa.
Following the desertification of the Sahara, North African history became entwined with the Middle East and Southern Europe while the Bantu expansion swept from modern day Cameroon (West Africa) across much of the sub-Saharan continent in waves between around 1000 BC and 0 AD, creating a linguistic commonality across much of the central and Southern continent.
During the Middle Ages, Islam spread west from Arabia to Egypt, crossing the Maghreb and the Sahel. Some notable pre-colonial states and societies in Africa include the Ajuran Empire, D'mt, Adal Sultanate, Warsangali Sultanate, Kingdom of Nri, Nok culture, Mali Empire, Songhai Empire, Benin Empire, Oyo Empire, Ashanti Empire, Ghana Empire, Mossi Kingdoms, Mutapa Empire, Kingdom of Mapungubwe, Kingdom of Sine, Kingdom of Sennar, Kingdom of Saloum, Kingdom of Baol, Kingdom of Cayor, Kingdom of Zimbabwe ...
