Ancient African Kingdoms Author:Margaret Shinnie Ancient African Kingdoms covers over two thousand years of African history. It describes the great kingdoms that have flourished in every part of Africa, their leaders, their political systems, their social structures, their vast economic and cultural achievements. Combining impeccable scholarship with a wonderfully readable prose style, this ... more »book gives superb illumination of the rich heritage of the African past- and the immense promise of the emerging African future. First published in 1965.« less