Resources on pre-colonial Africa

[Kukulofori]

What the topic title says. I'm looking for them.

Thx.

[Cymru]

What the topic title says. I'm looking for them.

Thx.

'Pre- colonial Africa' is very broad. Can you be a little more specific on what areas or dates your interested in ?

[Kukulofori]

Like right before colonization. Don't have much of a preference on where in Africa we're talking about.

[Kukulofori]

Well, more around the time of the colonization of the Americas Not like the early 1900s.

And as a quick question, how did the African slaves learn the european languages?

[Aesop]

Well, more around the time of the colonization of the Americas Not like the early 1900s.

And as a quick question, how did the African slaves learn the european languages?

Even in the 1900's most of africa was carved up thanks to the berlin conference.

Yes, african slaves were forced to learn the language of their buyers, but also to adopt their customs and religion.

[The Idler]

The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (New Press People's History) (http://www.akpress.org/2007/items/darkernations)

[Kukulofori]

Just got that from the library.

Unfortunately, it's about the third world during the cold war, which is a good 3-400 years after what I'm looking for.