African History 1 Before 1800 C.E.

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This course discusses African history from human origins to the start of European expansion into tropical Africa in the 19th century. It examines pre-colonial African civilizations such as the kingdoms and empires developed in the northeast, west, central, and southern Africa. It examines the early contact of Africans with the outside world, for example, through the spread of Islam and Christianity and the migration of the major African ethnic groups. It explores the internal African slave trade; the political, economic, and sociocultural institutions; and the regional diversity of Africa at the eve of colonial rule.