Wonders of the African world /

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

Wonders of the African world / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1999. - x, 275 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.

Africa, to me -- Nubia : Black gods and kings -- Ethiopia : the Holy Land and the lost Ark of the Covenant -- Salt, gold, and books : the road to Timbuktu -- Searching for the Swahili -- The tree of forgetfulness -- South Africa and Zimbabwe : legends of lost cities.

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Africa--Civilization.

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