Sejarah Afrika

Sejarah Afrika, atau Benua Hitam, dimulai dari Afrika prasejarah dan berlanjut hingga terbentuknya negara-negara modern. Sejarah mula-mula peradaban Afrika dimulai di Mesir dan kemudian di Maghreb dan Tanduk Afrika. Pada masa Abad Pertengahan, Islam menyebar di kawasan tersebut.

Obelisk di kuil Luxor, Mesir. c. 1200 SM

Arican knight of Baguirmi in full padded armour suit

Referensi

• Collins, Robert O.; Burns, James M. (2007). A History of Sub-Saharan Africa. New York City: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-68708-9.
• Telestro, Jumbo. Indipendence of Africa.
• Davidson, Basil (1991). Africa In History, Themes and Outlines. Revised and expanded ed. New York City: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-82667-4
• Ehret, Christopher (2002). The Civilizations of Africa. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, ISBN 0-8139-2085-X.
• Iliffe, John (2007). Africans: The History of a Continent. 2nd ed. New York City: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-68297-8.
• Lye, Keith (2002). Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civilization. New York City: The Diagram Group, ISBN 0-8160-4568-2.
• Martin, Phyllis M., and O'Meara, Patrick (1995). Africa. 3rd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-20984-6.
• Page, Willie F. (2001). Encyclopedia of African History and Culture: From Conquest to Colonization (1500–1850). New York City: Learning Source Books, ISBN 0-8160-4472-4.
• Shillington, Kevin (2005). History of Africa. Revised 2nd ed. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0-333-59957-8.
• Diamond, Jared M. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York City: W.W.Norton. ISBN 0-393-31755-2. 
• Stearns, Peter, ed. (2001). The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 644651969. 
•  Artikel ini menyertakan teks dari suatu terbitan yang sekarang berada pada ranah publik: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "perlu nama artikel ". Encyclopædia Britannica (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press. 

Bacaan lebih lanjut

• Cheikh Anta Diop (1987). Precolonial Black Africa. Chicago Review Press.
• Clark, J. Desmond (1970). The Prehistory of Africa. Thames and Hudson
• Davidson, Basil (1964). The African Past. Penguin, Harmondsworth
• Freund, Bill (1998). The Making of Contemporary Africa, Lynne Rienner, Boulder (including a substantial "Annotated Bibliography" pp. 269–316).
• Reader, John (1997). Africa: A Biography of the Continent. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-13047-6
• Shillington, Kevin (1989). History of Africa, New York: St. Martin's.
• UNESCO (1980–1994). General History of Africa. 8 volumes.
• Théophile Obenga (1980). Pour une Nouvelle Histoire Présence Africaine, Paris

Pranala luar

• Worldtimelines.org.uk -Africa The British Museum. 2005
• About.com:African History.
• The Story of Africa - BBC World Service
• Wonders of the African World, PBS.
• Civilization of Africa, by Richard Hooker, Washington State University.
• African Art,(chunk of historical data), Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• African Kingdoms, by Khaleel Muhammad.
• Mapungubwe Museum at the University of Pretoria
• Interactive Google Map of the Ancient African Ruins Zoom in on the actual ruins of ancient African that are beyond those found in Egypt. Each location has a Wikipedia link providing background info and can be viewed in both satellite and terrain modes.