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A review by mtskora
African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker, Richard Rathbone
5.0
African History is the first adventure of mine into the very lengthy but concise Oxford series, Very Short Introductions. Although I at first received experience with these instructions with Globalization in my Georgetown proseminar, I realized that there are so many topics that I did to be better informed about that I cannot help but read more books of this type.
Already, I have learned a valuable amount of information from African History. Most essential is the usage of archeology to determine chronological events because of the rarity of written records. In addition, this book also helps dispense the notion of a "tribal" mentality amongst political African organization: in reality, the story is far more muddled and constructed than previously presumed. I look forward to exploring future parts of this book series.
Already, I have learned a valuable amount of information from African History. Most essential is the usage of archeology to determine chronological events because of the rarity of written records. In addition, this book also helps dispense the notion of a "tribal" mentality amongst political African organization: in reality, the story is far more muddled and constructed than previously presumed. I look forward to exploring future parts of this book series.