Sudanese-British broadcaster Zeinab Badawi travels to more than thirty African countries to tell the continent's history through African voices โ historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and keepers of oral tradition. The narrative runs from the origins of humankind and the great ancient and medieval civilizations through the slave trades, colonial conquest, and the victories of independence. An instant Sunday Times bestseller shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards, it is a deliberate answer to histories of Africa written from outside the continent.
Author: Zeinab Badawi ยท Original publisher: W. H. Allen / Ebury Publishing (London), April 2024 (US edition: Mariner Books, 2024)
