Andrew Weiss October 2, 1998 History of Africa to 1800 A History of Ancient Mali After the kingdom of Ancient Ghana, the next great West African Empire to emerge was the kingdom of Ancient Mali. Ancient Mali and Ghana shared a number of different features, however they also were extremely distinct from each other in many ways as well. For example, unlike Ghana, a great deal more information and written records about the kingdom of Mali still exist. With the resources that have endured a muc ...

. Date: September 4, 1993 Subject: Women in Nubia Tara L. Kneller Neither Goddesses Nor Doormats: THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NUBIA Tara Kneller Syracuse University Why Such an Undertaking? The Kingdom is Possible Because of the Queen... The King is the Sign...While the Queen is the Symbol.... -Warren Blakely Nubia is an area of scholarship that was largely overlooked in favor of its splendid neighbor, Egypt. Past finds in the area were attributed to Egypt ...

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ANCIENT AFRICAN HISTORY "History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on the map of human geography. The role of history is to tell a people what they have been, and where they have been, what they are and where they are. The most important role that history plays is that it has the function of telling a people where they still must go and what they still must be." Dr. John Henrik Clarke, African ...

Art and Archaeology Exhibitions Search: About CK • Art • Chef • Dance • Jazz • Klassik • Nouveau • Opera • Calendar Log In • Sign UpYou are in: Home > Art > Exhibitions • Archives • send page to a friend Preview of: KUSH: Black Africa's Earliest Civilization Before and simultaneous with the Egyptians, Kush civilization thrived along the Nile. Nubians ruled kingdoms that left their neighbors awestruck. This piece reviews a museum exhibition in Paris that documents the 4000 year h ...

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Stone circles of The Gambia Wasu Stone Circles Like the Pyramids and Temples of Ancient Egypt and the ruins of Zimbabwe, the stone circles of Senegal and the Gambia are impressive remains that have puzzled the few travellers who have examined them. Stone circles of many types are found throughout Europe and the Near East, though nowhere is there so large a concentration as found on the north bank of the river Gambia. It is fair to assume that the presence of such a large group of monumen ...

Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he takes you on a journey to discover a wealth of African history and culture in Wonders of the African World. Click on an icon above to explore each episode, or explore specific themes by using the menus at left or below. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Let's face it -- think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anythi ...