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    The best books on The Ghana, Mali and Songhai African Empires, recommended by Michael Gomez

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    The best books on The Ghana - Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century by E.W. Bovill

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    Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century
    by E.W. Bovill

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    The best books on The Ghana - Ancient Ghana and Mali by Nehemiah Levtzion

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    Ancient Ghana and Mali
    by Nehemiah Levtzion

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    The best books on The Ghana - Social History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Scholars and Notables 1400-1900 by Elias Saad

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    Social History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Scholars and Notables 1400-1900
    by Elias Saad

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    The best books on The Ghana - Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples by David C. Conrad

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    Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples
    by David C. Conrad

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    The best books on The Ghana - Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'di's Ta'rikh Al-Sudan down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents by John Hunwick

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    Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'di's Ta'rikh Al-Sudan down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents
    by John Hunwick

The best books on The Ghana, Mali and Songhai African Empires, recommended by Michael Gomez

Long before the Europeans arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries, sub-Saharan West Africa saw the emergence of a series of African empires that lasted for centuries and stretched over vast swathes of the continent. They were known as the Ghana, Mali and Songhai Empires. Here, historian Michael Gomez discusses what led to their greatness, what sustained them and why they fell.

    The best books on Africa through African Eyes, recommended by George Ayittey

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    The best books on Africa through African Eyes - Awakening Giant Africa by Charles Nhova

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    Awakening Giant Africa
    by Charles Nhova

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    The best books on Africa through African Eyes - Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo

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    Dead Aid
    by Dambisa Moyo

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    The best books on Africa through African Eyes - Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop

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    Precolonial Black Africa
    by Cheikh Anta Diop

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    The best books on Africa through African Eyes - Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs by Moky Makura

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    Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs
    by Moky Makura

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    The best books on Africa through African Eyes - Defeating Dictators by George Ayittey

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    Defeating Dictators
    by George Ayittey

The best books on Africa through African Eyes, recommended by George Ayittey

The Ghanaian economist George Ayittey denounces the failure of leadership and Western policy in Africa and explains what “African solutions to African problems” would mean in practice.

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