African Europeans: An Untold History

“The Romans conquered Egypt. Cleopatra was the last of the Ptolemaic pharaohs; they were defeated by Octavian around 30 BCE. Then the Romans were present in in North Africa for a long time. So a lot of the indigenous people of North Africa—the so-called ‘Berbers,’ the Amazigh—became very involved in Roman life. And one of them, Septimius Severus, ruled. He died in Britain, but he was North African. There were a lot of Africans who rose to positions of prominence across Europe across the decades. The book is revelatory. I think everybody should read if they want to have a better understanding of the presence of Africans in Europe.” Read more...

Books About African History by African Writers

Zeinab Badawi, Broadcaster