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  • Published: 5 November 1998
  • ISBN: 9780141926933
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 816
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Africa

The Definitive Visual History of a Continent




A UNIQUELY FASCINATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE HISTORY OF A CONTINENT AND ITS PEOPLES

Drawing on many years of African experience, John Reader has written a book of startling grandeur and scope that recreates the great panorama of African history, from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals facing much of the continent today. Reader tells the extraordinary story of humankind's adaptation to the ferocious obstacles of forest, river and desert, and to the threat of debilitating parasites, bacteria and viruses unmatched elsewhere in the world. He also shows how the world's richest assortment of animals and plants has helped - or hindered - human progress in Africa.

  • Published: 5 November 1998
  • ISBN: 9780141926933
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 816
Categories:

About the author

John Reader

John Reader is an author and photojournalist. He holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology at UCL and is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographic Society.

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