A single-volume narrative history of Africa across five thousand years, organized around the pursuit of the continent's wealth. Meredith moves from the Pharaohs and the ancient kingdoms through the spread of Christianity and Islam, the gold and slave trades, exploration and colonization, and into the modern era of independent African states.
Author: Martin Meredith · Original publisher: PublicAffairs, New York, 2014 (full subtitle: *A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavour*)
