The Cambridge History of Africa

The Cambridge History of Africa is an illustrated, eight-volume history of Africa published by Cambridge University Press between 1975 and 1986. Each volume is edited by a different person; the general editors of the series are John Donnelly Fage and Roland Oliver.

Cambridge University Press published e-book editions in March 2008.

Reception

• The UNESCO collective tasked with writing the General History of Africa criticised the Cambridge history for not challenging colonial narratives.
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza writes that the Cambridge history had very little information on women.

Volumes

See also

• The Cambridge History of South Africa
• UNESCO's General History of Africa, published 1981-1993

References