This text, useful for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana) is also an early - and perhaps the earliest - example of history writing in English by an African ruler.

"Volume VII" of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, "The UNESCO General History of Africa" reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography.

This history deals with the twenty-year period between 1880 and 1900, when virtually all of Africa was seized and occupied by the Imperial Powers of Europe. Eurocentric points of view have dominated the study of this era, but in this book, one of Africa's leading historians reinterprets the colonial experiences from the perspective of the colonized.

SPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs.

One of the pioneers of 20th-century African history examines the perceptions and responses of Africans to European colonialism of the late 19th and early 20th century. This edition of Boahen's text, originally published in 1989, is contextualized in a new foreword by Lonsdale, updating some of Boahen's findings and interpretations.