A history of Sub-Saharan Africa / Robert O. Collins, James M. Burns.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

The historical geography of Africa -- Kingdoms of the Nile -- The peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Cows, crops, and iron -- Northeast Africa in the age of Aksum -- Empires of the plains -- East Africa and the Indian Ocean world -- The Lake Plateau of East Africa -- Societies and states of the West African forest -- Kingdoms and trade in central africa -- The peoples and states of southern Africa -- The arrival of Europeans in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Diseases and crops: old and new -- Slavery in Africa -- The Atlantic slave trade -- The Asian slave trade -- Upsetting the equilibrium -- The European conquest of Africa -- Southern Africa, 1486-1910 -- European colonial rule in Africa -- The colonial legacy -- Nationalism and independence of colonial Africa -- The Union of South Africa and the apartheid state -- A decade of hope -- Cold war Africa -- Africa at the beginning of the 21st century.