TY - BOOK AU - Northrup,David ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Seven myths of Africa in world history T2 - Myths of history SN - 9781624666414 (electronic bk.) (discovery) AV - DT20. N67 2017 U1 - 960 23 KW - Africa KW - History KW - Errors, inventions, etc KW - Commerce KW - Civilization N1 - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references and index; No history in Africa? Can the oldest humans have the shortest history? -- How special can Ethiopia be? -- Encounters with non-Africans: Good, bad, or complicated? -- The Atlantic slave trade: stolen bodies, stolen identities? -- Merrie olde Africa: Change, continuity, and identity -- Is Islam more authentically African than Christianity? -- The mythical present: Africa rising? Africa failing? UR - http://proxy.library.nd.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ndlib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5015441 ER -