Oxford General Studies: African History
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Are all Africans black? No, the racial types in Africa are very complex. Black people only account for about 60% of the total population in Africa. South Africa and the north of the Sahara are dominated by white people. Even in "Black Africa", the degree of "blackness" varies widely in different regions. Do Africans speak "African"? No, there are as many as 1,500 African languages, and there are more than 300 languages in Nigeria alone. There is no unified "African language", but many of the languages and dialects have gradually disappeared. Has the Sahara always been a desert? No, about 10,000 years ago, the African climate entered a period of heavy rainfall. By about 5,000 years ago, lakes, rivers and dense grasslands had formed in the Sahara. But over the next few thousand years, rainfall in the area declined, eventually transforming into the great desert we know today. ... In this short book, two professors, Parker and Rathbone, will start from the concept of Africa and lead us to break the stereotypes of Africa, understand the diversity and unity of Africans, and explore the past and future of Africa.
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