Routledge publishes updated edition of groundbreaking history of Africa

A history of Africa for AfricansFirst published in 2007, The History of Africa by Molefi Kete Asante broke new ground by telling the history of the continent from the perspective of Africans themselves. Now, in this new edition, Asante continues to provide an indispensable guide to African history, using the cultural, social, political, and economic lenses of Africa as instruments to illuminate the ordinary lives of Africans. Will Guzmán, of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, notes, “Molefi Kete Asante is an important scholar-activist whose intellectual contributions to the