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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_0 | # GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA $\cdot$ X
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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_1 | ## EDITOR VANICLÉIA SILVA SANTOS
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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_3 | # UNESCO General History of Africa
Volume I Methodology and African Prehistory
(Editor J. Ki-Zerbo)
Volume II Ancient Civilizations of Africa
(Editor G. Mokhtar)
Volume III Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century
(Editor M. El Fasi)
(Assistant Editor I. Hrbek)
Volume IV Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteent... | UNESCO General History of Africa
Volume I Methodology and African Prehistory
(Editor J. Ki-Zerbo)
Volume II Ancient Civilizations of Africa
(Editor G. Mokhtar)
Volume III Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century
(Editor M. El Fasi)
(Assistant Editor I. Hrbek)
Volume IV Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth C... | UNESCO General History of Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 865 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_4 | # GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA $\cdot$ X
## Africa and its Diasporas EDITOR VANICLÉIA SILVA SANTOS
Published in 2025 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France.
(c) UNESCO 2025
ISBN 978-92-3-100637-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54678/IHFW3136 | GENERAL HISTORY OF AFRICA \cdot X
Africa and its Diasporas EDITOR VANICLÉIA SILVA SANTOS
Published in 2025 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France.
(c) UNESCO 2025
ISBN 978-92-3-100637-1
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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_5 | # (0)
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This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (https://www.unesco.... | (0) | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 985 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_6 | ## Coordination at UNESCO
Coordination and management: Mouhamadou Lamine Diagne, General History of Africa Programme UNESCO coordination team members: Ali Moussa Iye (retd.), Tabue Nguma, Mohamed Ziadah (decd.), Nyasha Kwedza, Dioulli Kane, Jihane Laaziz, Maissa Gourar, Marlova Jovchelovitch Noleto, Maria Rebeca Oter... | Coordination at UNESCO
Coordination and management: Mouhamadou Lamine Diagne, General History of Africa Programme UNESCO coordination team members: Ali Moussa Iye (retd.), Tabue Nguma, Mohamed Ziadah (decd.), Nyasha Kwedza, Dioulli Kane, Jihane Laaziz, Maissa Gourar, Marlova Jovchelovitch Noleto, Maria Rebeca Otero Go... | (0) | Coordination at UNESCO | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 754 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_7 | # ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
UNESCO acknowledges with gratitude the generous contributions received for the production of this publication from the following public and private partners (in alphabetical order): Government of Angola, Government of Brazil, Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara, ... | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
UNESCO acknowledges with gratitude the generous contributions received for the production of this publication from the following public and private partners (in alphabetical order): Government of Angola, Government of Brazil, Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara, MTN... | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 394 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_8 | # IN MEMORIAM
We would like to express our gratitude to the experts below for their contributions to the new General History of Africa, Volumes IX-XI:
Professor Ambassador (retired) Olabiyi Joseph Babalola Yai, Benin, member of the International Scientific Committee for the drafting of the new volumes of the GHA Pr... | IN MEMORIAM
We would like to express our gratitude to the experts below for their contributions to the new General History of Africa, Volumes IX-XI:
Professor Ambassador (retired) Olabiyi Joseph Babalola Yai, Benin, member of the International Scientific Committee for the drafting of the new volumes of the GHA Profes... | IN MEMORIAM | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 660 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_9 | # CONTENTS
List of Figures ..... XV
List of Tables and Graphics ..... XIX
Foreword by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO ..... XXI
General introduction: Reconceptualizing the History of Africa and its Diasporas (Augustin F. C. HOLL, the Chair of the Scientific Committee) ..... XXV
Introduction: History of Afr... | CONTENTS
List of Figures ..... XV
List of Tables and Graphics ..... XIX
Foreword by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO ..... XXI
General introduction: Reconceptualizing the History of Africa and its Diasporas (Augustin F. C. HOLL, the Chair of the Scientific Committee) ..... XXV
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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_10 | 14 Transnational Feminism for Global Africa (Amina MAMA) ..... 235
15 Intellectual Genealogies of Black/Queer/Diaspora (Jafari S. ALLEN) ..... 247
16 Genealogy of a Discriminatory Rhetoric in the Classical Arab-Muslim World (Salah TRABELSI) ..... 263
Section II: Mapping the African Diasporas (Coordinator, Vanicleia SIL... | 14 Transnational Feminism for Global Africa (Amina MAMA) ..... 235
15 Intellectual Genealogies of Black/Queer/Diaspora (Jafari S. ALLEN) ..... 247
16 Genealogy of a Discriminatory Rhetoric in the Classical Arab-Muslim World (Salah TRABELSI) ..... 263
Section II: Mapping the African Diasporas (Coordinator, Vanicleia SIL... | CONTENTS | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,895 | 2,069 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_11 | I7 The Participation of Berber, Nubian and Sudanese Soldiers in the Muslim Conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (Eighth-Twelfth Centuries) (Salah TRABELSI) ..... 541
I8 Haiti and Global Africa (Matthew J. SMITH) ..... 555
19 Maroonism and Resistance in the Afro-Columban Pacific (Rafael Antonio DÍAZ DÍAZ) ..... 567
20 Afri... | I7 The Participation of Berber, Nubian and Sudanese Soldiers in the Muslim Conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (Eighth-Twelfth Centuries) (Salah TRABELSI) ..... 541
I8 Haiti and Global Africa (Matthew J. SMITH) ..... 555
19 Maroonism and Resistance in the Afro-Columban Pacific (Rafael Antonio DÍAZ DÍAZ) ..... 567
20 Afri... | CONTENTS | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 3,803 | 2,026 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_12 | 36 Back to Africa: The Return of Slaves Freed in Brazil (Mônica LIMA E SOUZA) ..... 815
Section III: Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa (Coordinator, Paul E. LOVEJOY)
Introduction: Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa (Paul E. LOVEJOY) ..... 829
I Children in the Indian Ocean (Edward... | 36 Back to Africa: The Return of Slaves Freed in Brazil (Mônica LIMA E SOUZA) ..... 815
Section III: Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa (Coordinator, Paul E. LOVEJOY)
Introduction: Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa (Paul E. LOVEJOY) ..... 829
I Children in the Indian Ocean (Edward ... | CONTENTS | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 5,645 | 2,075 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_13 | 16 The Whitney Plantation (Habitation Haydel) of the German Coast of Louisiana (1750)-1860) (Ibrahima SECK) ..... 1019
17 Catherine Mulgrave-Zimmermann (Maureen WARNER-LEWIS) ..... 1037
18 The Slavery and Freedom Narrative of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World (Bruno Rafael VÉRAS) ..... 10... | 16 The Whitney Plantation (Habitation Haydel) of the German Coast of Louisiana (1750)-1860) (Ibrahima SECK) ..... 1019
17 Catherine Mulgrave-Zimmermann (Maureen WARNER-LEWIS) ..... 1037
18 The Slavery and Freedom Narrative of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World (Bruno Rafael VÉRAS) ..... 10... | CONTENTS | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 7,604 | 509 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_14 | # LIST OF FIGURES
Section I
Chapter 8
Figure 1 Liu Guangdao's painting Yuan Shizu Hunting (1280 CE) ..... 145
Figure 2 Black Pottery figure in Madame Pei's Tomb (850 CE) found in 1954 in Xi-an ..... 146
Figure 3 Young African students in China photographed with the author (Dr Imen Belhadj from Tunisia and Dr Antoine ... | LIST OF FIGURES
Section I
Chapter 8
Figure 1 Liu Guangdao's painting Yuan Shizu Hunting (1280 CE) ..... 145
Figure 2 Black Pottery figure in Madame Pei's Tomb (850 CE) found in 1954 in Xi-an ..... 146
Figure 3 Young African students in China photographed with the author (Dr Imen Belhadj from Tunisia and Dr Antoine Lok... | LIST OF FIGURES | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 2,014 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_15 | Figure 6 Anonymous, Mr Chico, his wife Viscência, his mother and his son Fernando. Salvador, Bahia, 1930s ..... 586
Figure 7 African Brazil. Monitoring graphic of Black and Mulatto population growth by IBGE. Brazil (1940-2010) ..... 587
Figure 8 Kalunga territory - Ema community - Teresina de Goiás, GO ..... 589
Figure... | Figure 6 Anonymous, Mr Chico, his wife Viscência, his mother and his son Fernando. Salvador, Bahia, 1930s ..... 586
Figure 7 African Brazil. Monitoring graphic of Black and Mulatto population growth by IBGE. Brazil (1940-2010) ..... 587
Figure 8 Kalunga territory - Ema community - Teresina de Goiás, GO ..... 589
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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_16 | # LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHICS
Section I
Chapter 11
Table $1 \quad$ Share of export commodities produced by Africans in the Americas, 1501-1850 ..... 192
Section II
Chapter 2
Table 1 Sidi Thanedars and rulers of Janjira 1508-1948 ..... 316
Chapter 9
Table $1 \quad$ Scale of intensity of New World Africanisms ..... 404... | LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHICS
Section I
Chapter 11
Table 1 Share of export commodities produced by Africans in the Americas, 1501-1850 ..... 192
Section II
Chapter 2
Table 1 Sidi Thanedars and rulers of Janjira 1508-1948 ..... 316
Chapter 9
Table 1 Scale of intensity of New World Africanisms ..... 404
Chapter 29
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396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_17 | # FOREWORD
by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
In the first volume of the General History of Africa (GHA), published in 1981, historian Joseph Ki-Zerbo of Burkina Faso wrote: "Unless one chooses to live in a state of unconsciousness and alienation, one cannot live without memory, or with a memory that bel... | FOREWORD
by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
In the first volume of the General History of Africa (GHA), published in 1981, historian Joseph Ki-Zerbo of Burkina Faso wrote: "Unless one chooses to live in a state of unconsciousness and alienation, one cannot live without memory, or with a memory that belongs... | FOREWORD | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 2,060 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_18 | The concept of "global Africa", which serves as the basis for the chapters written by the 75 contemporary historians who contributed to this volume, encourages the reader to reconsider the dynamics and focus of world history and geography.
Above all, it gives shape to the history of the African diasporas. It gives a ... | The concept of "global Africa", which serves as the basis for the chapters written by the 75 contemporary historians who contributed to this volume, encourages the reader to reconsider the dynamics and focus of world history and geography.
Above all, it gives shape to the history of the African diasporas. It gives a v... | FOREWORD | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 2,072 | 1,890 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_19 | By shedding light on contemporary debates, and in particular on the consequences to date of the slave trade and enslavement of Africans, this publication can and must serve as an inspiration to inform and feed into public policies geared towards justice and the fight against racism. UNESCO
will ensure this by accompa... | By shedding light on contemporary debates, and in particular on the consequences to date of the slave trade and enslavement of Africans, this publication can and must serve as an inspiration to inform and feed into public policies geared towards justice and the fight against racism. UNESCO
will ensure this by accompan... | FOREWORD | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 3,969 | 909 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_20 | # GENERAL INTRODUCTION
## Reconceptualizing the History of Africa and its Diasporas Augustin F. C. Holl | GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Reconceptualizing the History of Africa and its Diasporas Augustin F. C. Holl | GENERAL INTRODUCTION | Reconceptualizing the History of Africa and its Diasporas Augustin F. C. Holl | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 99 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_21 | ## Introduction
The UNESCO General History of Africa (GHA) project consists of a three-stage process. The first stage, 'the General History of Africa' stricto-sensu, was launched in the early 1960s, the second, 'the Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa', in 2009, and the third and last, 'Volume IX of the ... | Introduction
The UNESCO General History of Africa (GHA) project consists of a three-stage process. The first stage, 'the General History of Africa' stricto-sensu, was launched in the early 1960s, the second, 'the Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa', in 2009, and the third and last, 'Volume IX of the Gene... | GENERAL INTRODUCTION | Introduction | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,680 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_22 | # The launch of the General History of Africa
The middle of the twentieth century was the crest of a wave of independence of African countries. The legacy of World War II, which pitted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact military alliances against each other, was the key variable of internat... | The launch of the General History of Africa
The middle of the twentieth century was the crest of a wave of independence of African countries. The legacy of World War II, which pitted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact military alliances against each other, was the key variable of internation... | The launch of the General History of Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,137 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_23 | The World War II alliance to defeat fascism and German-Japanese militarism was shattered in the immediate post-war years. The Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang and the Chinese Nationalist Party, and proclaimed the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. The Berlin Bl... | The World War II alliance to defeat fascism and German-Japanese militarism was shattered in the immediate post-war years. The Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang and the Chinese Nationalist Party, and proclaimed the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. The Berlin Bl... | The launch of the General History of Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,143 | 1,347 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_24 | The history curriculum taught in colonized Africa was inadequate in many aspects. Schoolchildren in French colonies were taught to sing 'Our Ancestors the Gauls'. The European self-assigned 'civilizing mission' was predicated on the erasure of African historical agency. A new approach to Africa's past was an absolute n... | The history curriculum taught in colonized Africa was inadequate in many aspects. Schoolchildren in French colonies were taught to sing 'Our Ancestors the Gauls'. The European self-assigned 'civilizing mission' was predicated on the erasure of African historical agency. A new approach to Africa's past was an absolute n... | The launch of the General History of Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 2,494 | 1,738 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_25 | Starting with the GHA, UNESCO launched a series of general and regional histories, including the History of Humanity, a History of the Civilizations of Central Asia, a General History of Latin America, a General History of the Caribbean, and the Different Aspects of Islamic Culture. The process was triggered by the lib... | Starting with the GHA, UNESCO launched a series of general and regional histories, including the History of Humanity, a History of the Civilizations of Central Asia, a General History of Latin America, a General History of the Caribbean, and the Different Aspects of Islamic Culture. The process was triggered by the lib... | The launch of the General History of Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 4,235 | 866 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_26 | # The General History of Africa as an alternative
The GHA was crafted as an alternative to the Eurocentric views of world history. The search for an alternative to the situation of alienation, domination and dependency has been part of the activities of some individuals or organized groups as early as the nineteenth ... | The General History of Africa as an alternative
The GHA was crafted as an alternative to the Eurocentric views of world history. The search for an alternative to the situation of alienation, domination and dependency has been part of the activities of some individuals or organized groups as early as the nineteenth cen... | The General History of Africa as an alternative | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,471 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_27 | Centuries of enslavement, followed by destructive conquest and colonial domination have generated peculiar conceptions of Africans, their past and their position in the world, as well as their future. Despite important contributions of a small number of scholars - Leo Frobenius, Maurice Delafosse and Arturo Labriola - ... | Centuries of enslavement, followed by destructive conquest and colonial domination have generated peculiar conceptions of Africans, their past and their position in the world, as well as their future. Despite important contributions of a small number of scholars - Leo Frobenius, Maurice Delafosse and Arturo Labriola - ... | The General History of Africa as an alternative | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,477 | 2,036 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_28 | Racial stereotypes linked to the slave trade and colonial domination have distorted the very basis of African historiography. The use of discriminatory categories, for example, establishing white superiority and the 'essentialisation du nègre' have distorted this historiography. In fact, Africa had to fight against two... | Racial stereotypes linked to the slave trade and colonial domination have distorted the very basis of African historiography. The use of discriminatory categories, for example, establishing white superiority and the 'essentialisation du nègre' have distorted this historiography. In fact, Africa had to fight against two... | The General History of Africa as an alternative | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 3,517 | 1,068 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_29 | # GHA volumes I to VIII
UNESCO's GHA includes the following eight volumes:
Volume I - Methodology and African Prehistory, edited by J. Ki-Zerbo (1981), has 28 chapters and three themes: methodology; archaeology and its techniques; and environmental change and regional sequences.
Volume II - Ancient Civilizations of... | GHA volumes I to VIII
UNESCO's GHA includes the following eight volumes:
Volume I - Methodology and African Prehistory, edited by J. Ki-Zerbo (1981), has 28 chapters and three themes: methodology; archaeology and its techniques; and environmental change and regional sequences.
Volume II - Ancient Civilizations of Afr... | GHA volumes I to VIII | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,811 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_30 | Volume VII - Africa under Colonial Domination 1880-1935, edited by A. Adu Boahen (1985), has 30 chapters on the comparative analysis of European colonial systems and the multifaceted response of African societies, including the emergence and development of nationalist movements.
Volume VIII - Africa since 1935, edite... | Volume VII - Africa under Colonial Domination 1880-1935, edited by A. Adu Boahen (1985), has 30 chapters on the comparative analysis of European colonial systems and the multifaceted response of African societies, including the emergence and development of nationalist movements.
Volume VIII - Africa since 1935, edited... | GHA volumes I to VIII | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,822 | 1,134 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_31 | # The pedagogical use of the General History of Africa
The Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa project is but the second phase of the GHA long-term objectives. It is geared to shift the momentum back into the hands of Africans and people of African descent. Building on the political dynamics triggered by... | The pedagogical use of the General History of Africa
The Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa project is but the second phase of the GHA long-term objectives. It is geared to shift the momentum back into the hands of Africans and people of African descent. Building on the political dynamics triggered by th... | The pedagogical use of the General History of Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 2,039 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_32 | ## The post-colonial imperative and new epistemology
Some 60 years after the wave of independence of African countries, it was possible to pause and think. The Bretton Woods institutions - the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and, more recently, the World Trade Organization - set the rules and imposed libe... | The post-colonial imperative and new epistemology
Some 60 years after the wave of independence of African countries, it was possible to pause and think. The Bretton Woods institutions - the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and, more recently, the World Trade Organization - set the rules and imposed liberal ... | The pedagogical use of the General History of Africa | The post-colonial imperative and new epistemology | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,580 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_33 | Without having to cut ties with former colonial powers, it is time to explore new spaces and times as well as distant and present connections with South America and Asia. Despite its current political crisis, Brazil, with the largest population of people of African descent outside Africa, will be a crucial partner in t... | Without having to cut ties with former colonial powers, it is time to explore new spaces and times as well as distant and present connections with South America and Asia. Despite its current political crisis, Brazil, with the largest population of people of African descent outside Africa, will be a crucial partner in t... | The pedagogical use of the General History of Africa | The post-colonial imperative and new epistemology | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,589 | 771 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_34 | # Past Chinese presence in Africa
It is not known precisely when Chinese goods reached Africa for the first time. Archaeological research provides a number of clues. An Austrian expedition excavating in Thebes, at Deir el-Madina, found the remains of silk in the hair of a 30-50 year-old female mummy discovered in the... | Past Chinese presence in Africa
It is not known precisely when Chinese goods reached Africa for the first time. Archaeological research provides a number of clues. An Austrian expedition excavating in Thebes, at Deir el-Madina, found the remains of silk in the hair of a 30-50 year-old female mummy discovered in the bu... | Past Chinese presence in Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,468 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_35 | In the first half of the fifteenth century, the Ming dynasty decided to project Chinese naval power all over the Indian Ocean. The Yongle emperor (1403-1424) appointed Zheng He as the Chief Admiral of a large fleet the Treasure Fleet. The latter organized a total of seven expeditions, from 1405 to 1433, generally known... | In the first half of the fifteenth century, the Ming dynasty decided to project Chinese naval power all over the Indian Ocean. The Yongle emperor (1403-1424) appointed Zheng He as the Chief Admiral of a large fleet the Treasure Fleet. The latter organized a total of seven expeditions, from 1405 to 1433, generally known... | Past Chinese presence in Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,475 | 1,619 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_36 | # Past African presence in China
Beyond the presence of surprising animals, such as zebras and giraffes (Chau Ju-Kua, 1911; Ferrand, 1919, 1922; Filesi, 1970; Wheatley, 1961; Talib and Samir, 1988), a number of Africans, through different indirect channels, ended up living in China as early as the first quarter of th... | Past African presence in China
Beyond the presence of surprising animals, such as zebras and giraffes (Chau Ju-Kua, 1911; Ferrand, 1919, 1922; Filesi, 1970; Wheatley, 1961; Talib and Samir, 1988), a number of Africans, through different indirect channels, ended up living in China as early as the first quarter of the e... | Past African presence in China | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,862 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_37 | The great Moroccan world traveller and explorer Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Lawati al-Tanji Ibn Battuta - Ibn Battuta for short - visited China in the middle of the fourteenth century. He travelled all over the ancient world, covering some 120,000 kilometres in 29 years. Ibn Battuta arrived at Guangzhou (Cant... | The great Moroccan world traveller and explorer Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Lawati al-Tanji Ibn Battuta - Ibn Battuta for short - visited China in the middle of the fourteenth century. He travelled all over the ancient world, covering some 120,000 kilometres in 29 years. Ibn Battuta arrived at Guangzhou (Cant... | Past African presence in China | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,869 | 1,073 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_38 | # An exciting new conjuncture
A conjuncture is the convergence of independent factors that generates a new and unpredictable situation that lasts. The new and exciting conjuncture referred to here is made of four distinct developments: (1) a new institutional framework; (2) the improvement of the general economic and... | An exciting new conjuncture
A conjuncture is the convergence of independent factors that generates a new and unpredictable situation that lasts. The new and exciting conjuncture referred to here is made of four distinct developments: (1) a new institutional framework; (2) the improvement of the general economic and so... | An exciting new conjuncture | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 518 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_39 | ## A new institutional framework
The end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century witnessed important changes in Africa's political map. After long wars of national liberation, the former Portuguese colonies became sovereign States in the 1970s: Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde celebrated their inde... | A new institutional framework
The end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century witnessed important changes in Africa's political map. After long wars of national liberation, the former Portuguese colonies became sovereign States in the 1970s: Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde celebrated their independ... | An exciting new conjuncture | A new institutional framework | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,787 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_40 | Moreover, people of African descent in South, Central and North America, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East and elsewhere are attaching increasing importance to the links that tie them to Africa and African heritage. The countries in which people of African descent reside are increasingly recognizing the ... | Moreover, people of African descent in South, Central and North America, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East and elsewhere are attaching increasing importance to the links that tie them to Africa and African heritage. The countries in which people of African descent reside are increasingly recognizing the ... | An exciting new conjuncture | A new institutional framework | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,796 | 1,091 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_41 | # Africa's economic outlook
The economic outlook of the entire continent has shifted in the right direction during the last two decades, starting from the 2010s. There are significant variations between regions and countries, but on average, the situation has improved. Globally, major European weekly magazines, such ... | Africa's economic outlook
The economic outlook of the entire continent has shifted in the right direction during the last two decades, starting from the 2010s. There are significant variations between regions and countries, but on average, the situation has improved. Globally, major European weekly magazines, such as ... | Africa's economic outlook | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,250 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_42 | # The expansion and acceleration of economic cooperation between Africa, Asia and South America
The multilateral cooperation between African countries and Asian and South American partners is on the increase. Most Asian economic powerhouses, whether large, like China, India and Japan, or smaller, like South Korea, ar... | The expansion and acceleration of economic cooperation between Africa, Asia and South America
The multilateral cooperation between African countries and Asian and South American partners is on the increase. Most Asian economic powerhouses, whether large, like China, India and Japan, or smaller, like South Korea, are l... | The expansion and acceleration of economic cooperation between Africa, Asia and South America | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,106 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_43 | ## The development of a multipolar world
The collapse of the Soviet empire, symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, took all political commentators by surprise. Starting with glasnost, the attempted reform movement launched by President Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet empire unravelled within a fe... | The development of a multipolar world
The collapse of the Soviet empire, symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, took all political commentators by surprise. Starting with glasnost, the attempted reform movement launched by President Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet empire unravelled within a few mo... | The expansion and acceleration of economic cooperation between Africa, Asia and South America | The development of a multipolar world | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,417 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_44 | World Trade Center in New York unleashed the implementation of the new doctrine. The war in Afghanistan started on 7 October 2001 and continues today. Under the pretext of the presence of weapons of mass destruction, the Iraq War was launched on 20 March 2003 and lasted until 18 December 2011. Vladimir Putin replaced B... | World Trade Center in New York unleashed the implementation of the new doctrine. The war in Afghanistan started on 7 October 2001 and continues today. Under the pretext of the presence of weapons of mass destruction, the Iraq War was launched on 20 March 2003 and lasted until 18 December 2011. Vladimir Putin replaced B... | The expansion and acceleration of economic cooperation between Africa, Asia and South America | The development of a multipolar world | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,424 | 832 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_45 | # The new General History of Africa: an exponential growth
The Volume IX of the General History of Africa project is the third phase, launched in 2013, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The impetus came from Brazil. The Brazilian parliament passed a law on the mandatory teaching of the history of Africans and of Afrodescenda... | The new General History of Africa: an exponential growth
The Volume IX of the General History of Africa project is the third phase, launched in 2013, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The impetus came from Brazil. The Brazilian parliament passed a law on the mandatory teaching of the history of Africans and of Afrodescendants... | The new General History of Africa: an exponential growth | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,729 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_46 | # An epistemic shift: Global Africa
This project implies writing a serene history of Africans and people of African descent on a global scale. That is what is subsumed under the concept of 'Global Africa'; in other words, taking into account the many dimensions of Africanness worldwide, from the initial expansion of ... | An epistemic shift: Global Africa
This project implies writing a serene history of Africans and people of African descent on a global scale. That is what is subsumed under the concept of 'Global Africa'; in other words, taking into account the many dimensions of Africanness worldwide, from the initial expansion of hum... | An epistemic shift: Global Africa | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,052 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_47 | ## The decolonization of concepts
The decolonization of the concepts, paradigms and categorizations used in social and human sciences, particularly in history, is regarded as an epistemological necessity throughout the scientific and intellectual communities in the former colonies and beyond (Mudimbe, 1988; Said, 197... | The decolonization of concepts
The decolonization of the concepts, paradigms and categorizations used in social and human sciences, particularly in history, is regarded as an epistemological necessity throughout the scientific and intellectual communities in the former colonies and beyond (Mudimbe, 1988; Said, 1979) a... | An epistemic shift: Global Africa | The decolonization of concepts | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,972 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_48 | # The General History of Africa Revisited
Volume IX, The General History of Africa Revisited, essentially aims to update the GHA. After four decades of intensive archaeological, historical and anthropological research, most of the content of the first three GHA volumes is partially or totally outdated. This updating ... | The General History of Africa Revisited
Volume IX, The General History of Africa Revisited, essentially aims to update the GHA. After four decades of intensive archaeological, historical and anthropological research, most of the content of the first three GHA volumes is partially or totally outdated. This updating is ... | The General History of Africa Revisited | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 2,040 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_49 | Periodization is a necessity but it does not have to be constructed on a 'before' - prehistory - and a standard, genuine 'after' - history - viewed as a civilization threshold. The scheme suggested in this section is made of successive stages, as follows: initial, ancient, modern and contemporary history.
The update ... | Periodization is a necessity but it does not have to be constructed on a 'before' - prehistory - and a standard, genuine 'after' - history - viewed as a civilization threshold. The scheme suggested in this section is made of successive stages, as follows: initial, ancient, modern and contemporary history.
The update o... | The General History of Africa Revisited | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 2,049 | 1,985 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_50 | Section 4, coordinated by Doulaye Konaté and entitled 'Ancient and Modern History of Africa: An Update', features 12 contributions organized under four themes: (1) regional processes in the inland Niger delta, the Maghreb and Madagascar; (2) histories of religious systems; (3) trade diasporas in West and East Africa an... | Section 4, coordinated by Doulaye Konaté and entitled 'Ancient and Modern History of Africa: An Update', features 12 contributions organized under four themes: (1) regional processes in the inland Niger delta, the Maghreb and Madagascar; (2) histories of religious systems; (3) trade diasporas in West and East Africa an... | The General History of Africa Revisited | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 4,038 | 385 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_51 | # Africa and Its Diasporas
Volume X, Africa and Its Diasporas, includes three sections. Section 1, coordinated by Carole Boyce-Davies and entitled 'Redefining Global Africanity and Blackness' includes 16 contributions, organized into two parts: (1) 'Race,
Location, Diaspora and Global Blackness', containing nine co... | Africa and Its Diasporas
Volume X, Africa and Its Diasporas, includes three sections. Section 1, coordinated by Carole Boyce-Davies and entitled 'Redefining Global Africanity and Blackness' includes 16 contributions, organized into two parts: (1) 'Race,
Location, Diaspora and Global Blackness', containing nine contri... | Africa and Its Diasporas | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 926 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_52 | The first topic, geographies of the African diasporas, comprises four chapters tracing African presence in China, Australia, India and Iran. African revolutions and resistance to oppression, under the second topic, features revolts and resistances of enslaved peoples in North America, Brazil, Colombia and Madagascar. T... | The first topic, geographies of the African diasporas, comprises four chapters tracing African presence in China, Australia, India and Iran. African revolutions and resistance to oppression, under the second topic, features revolts and resistances of enslaved peoples in North America, Brazil, Colombia and Madagascar. T... | Africa and Its Diasporas | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 934 | 1,169 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_53 | Section 3, 'Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa' is coordinated by Paul Lovejoy. It comprises 18 contributions featuring the life trajectories of enslaved individuals who were written about or who wrote autobiographies. The selected narratives range from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, ... | Section 3, 'Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa' is coordinated by Paul Lovejoy. It comprises 18 contributions featuring the life trajectories of enslaved individuals who were written about or who wrote autobiographies. The selected narratives range from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, ... | Africa and Its Diasporas | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 2,106 | 1,149 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_54 | # Global Africa Today
The end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century witnessed the complete liberation of Africa from direct colonialism. The newly launched African Union created a sixth region for 'Africans from the diaspora'. All these developments open new opportunities and pose difficult chall... | Global Africa Today
The end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century witnessed the complete liberation of Africa from direct colonialism. The newly launched African Union created a sixth region for 'Africans from the diaspora'. All these developments open new opportunities and pose difficult challeng... | Global Africa Today | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,028 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_55 | Section 1, 'Global Africa Today', coordinated by Catherine CoqueryVidrovitch comprises 26 chapters. The assembled contributions are organized under seven topics with two to six chapters each. The four chapters under the first topic address the new paradigms that shape historical research of contemporary Africa and its ... | Section 1, 'Global Africa Today', coordinated by Catherine CoqueryVidrovitch comprises 26 chapters. The assembled contributions are organized under seven topics with two to six chapters each. The four chapters under the first topic address the new paradigms that shape historical research of contemporary Africa and its ... | Global Africa Today | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,035 | 1,476 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_56 | multinationality States? What is the genesis of African contemporary chiefdoms and how do they fit in the contemporary State model? The fifth and sixth topics shift from continental Africa to a diasporic perspective. The fifth topic focuses on the concepts of 'Creolization', 'hybridization', and 'miscegenation' as they... | multinationality States? What is the genesis of African contemporary chiefdoms and how do they fit in the contemporary State model? The fifth and sixth topics shift from continental Africa to a diasporic perspective. The fifth topic focuses on the concepts of 'Creolization', 'hybridization', and 'miscegenation' as they... | Global Africa Today | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 2,514 | 827 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_57 | Section 2, 'Africa in the Contemporary World', coordinated by Tayeb Chenntouf, comprises 29 contributions arranged in three rubrics. The first rubric features the permanence of the Global Africa project weaved through a broad range of topics, from political initiatives to the performing arts. The Global Africa project ... | Section 2, 'Africa in the Contemporary World', coordinated by Tayeb Chenntouf, comprises 29 contributions arranged in three rubrics. The first rubric features the permanence of the Global Africa project weaved through a broad range of topics, from political initiatives to the performing arts. The Global Africa project ... | Global Africa Today | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 3,344 | 2,074 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_58 | Debates on the role of Africa in the expanding globalized world are taking shape in different cultural and intellectual contexts. With significant variations between countries, African institutions of higher education are generally underfunded and have been unable to play their rightful role as laboratories of ideas. N... | Debates on the role of Africa in the expanding globalized world are taking shape in different cultural and intellectual contexts. With significant variations between countries, African institutions of higher education are generally underfunded and have been unable to play their rightful role as laboratories of ideas. N... | Global Africa Today | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 5,424 | 696 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_59 | Section 3, 'Africa at the Turn of the 3rd Millennium: Challenges and Dynamics', coordinated by Faranirina V. Rajaonah, comprises 22 contributions organized into four rubrics. The first rubric focuses on demography and urbanization. It explores the implications of African population growth in terms of economics, public ... | Section 3, 'Africa at the Turn of the 3rd Millennium: Challenges and Dynamics', coordinated by Faranirina V. Rajaonah, comprises 22 contributions organized into four rubrics. The first rubric focuses on demography and urbanization. It explores the implications of African population growth in terms of economics, public ... | Global Africa Today | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 6,123 | 2,053 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_60 | # Conclusion
The project that has resulted in these three volumes was extraordinarily ambitious, original and inspiring. It aimed at setting a new way of writing history, taking into account current debates in social and human sciences, with epistemological ruptures and sustained reconceptualization. Competences and ... | Conclusion
The project that has resulted in these three volumes was extraordinarily ambitious, original and inspiring. It aimed at setting a new way of writing history, taking into account current debates in social and human sciences, with epistemological ruptures and sustained reconceptualization. Competences and ski... | Conclusion | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 539 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_61 | ## References
Beaujard, P. 2007. East Africa, the Comoros Islands and Madagascar before the sixteenth century: On a neglected part of the world system. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. Routledge (print) / Taylor \& Francis Online (online), Vol 42, pp. 15-35.
Deng, G. 2005. Chinese Maritime Activities and So... | References
Beaujard, P. 2007. East Africa, the Comoros Islands and Madagascar before the sixteenth century: On a neglected part of the world system. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. Routledge (print) / Taylor \& Francis Online (online), Vol 42, pp. 15-35.
Deng, G. 2005. Chinese Maritime Activities and Socioe... | Conclusion | References | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 2,075 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_62 | Li Anshan 2005. African Studies in China in the Twentieth Century: A Historiographical Survey. African Studies Review, Vol. 48, No 1, pp. 59-87.
Lubec, G., Holaubek J., Feld C., Lubek B. and Strouhal E. 1993. Use of Silk in Ancient Egypt. Nature, Vol. 362, Issue 6415, p. 25.
Mignolo, W. 2011. The Darker Side of Wes... | Li Anshan 2005. African Studies in China in the Twentieth Century: A Historiographical Survey. African Studies Review, Vol. 48, No 1, pp. 59-87.
Lubec, G., Holaubek J., Feld C., Lubek B. and Strouhal E. 1993. Use of Silk in Ancient Egypt. Nature, Vol. 362, Issue 6415, p. 25.
Mignolo, W. 2011. The Darker Side of Weste... | Conclusion | References | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,942 | 1,635 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_63 | # INTRODUCTION
History of Africa and its Diasporas
Vanicléia Silva Santos | INTRODUCTION
History of Africa and its Diasporas
Vanicléia Silva Santos | INTRODUCTION | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 72 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_64 | ## Introduction
In 2003, the Brazilian Government responded positively to the country's educational institutions' clamour for teaching material on the history of Africa by collaborating with UNESCO. It financed the translation into, and publication in, Brazilian Portuguese of the eight volumes of the General History ... | Introduction
In 2003, the Brazilian Government responded positively to the country's educational institutions' clamour for teaching material on the history of Africa by collaborating with UNESCO. It financed the translation into, and publication in, Brazilian Portuguese of the eight volumes of the General History of A... | INTRODUCTION | Introduction | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,429 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_65 | partnership was essential to confronting political resistance to the law in Brazil. The law was accompanied by guidelines on how to equip schools with the necessary infrastructure. A new era was beginning: it was necessary to introduce new knowledge to promote a substantial change in the educational system. It was esse... | partnership was essential to confronting political resistance to the law in Brazil. The law was accompanied by guidelines on how to equip schools with the necessary infrastructure. A new era was beginning: it was necessary to introduce new knowledge to promote a substantial change in the educational system. It was esse... | INTRODUCTION | Introduction | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,437 | 2,084 | ||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_66 | # The concept of diaspora and its uses as intellectual capital in Black communities
At different points in history, from very early on, millions of Africans were part of the African diasporas. They were moved across the oceans to places in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and, above all, the Americas. These dia... | The concept of diaspora and its uses as intellectual capital in Black communities
At different points in history, from very early on, millions of Africans were part of the African diasporas. They were moved across the oceans to places in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and, above all, the Americas. These diaspo... | The concept of diaspora and its uses as intellectual capital in Black communities | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 0 | 1,880 | |||
396047eng-1-800.pdf_chunk_67 | Whether because of their demographic significance or the role they have played in various spheres of economic, social and cultural life, Africans and Afrodescendants have been essential to global civilization. The concern with building a counter-hegemonic narrative was first prompted by black social movements and intel... | Whether because of their demographic significance or the role they have played in various spheres of economic, social and cultural life, Africans and Afrodescendants have been essential to global civilization. The concern with building a counter-hegemonic narrative was first prompted by black social movements and intel... | The concept of diaspora and its uses as intellectual capital in Black communities | [] | 0 | false | 396047eng-1-800.pdf | 1,887 | 1,450 |
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