The world's most acclaimed travel writer journeys through western Africa from Cape Town to the Congo.

"Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve countries in search of Africa's magnificent past, the now neglected civilizations that in their day were as grand and sophisticated as any on the face of the earth. From Nubia's ancient empire, which for a time ruled Egypt and centuries before had established the earliest known African city, to the fabled town of Timbuktu, where...

Briefly describes Africa's regions : North Africa, the Sahara, the equatorial rain forest, the west coast, east Africa, island countries off the southeast coast, and southern Africa.

A comprehensive look at the continents of Africa and the countries that comprise it, including peoples and cultures, the land and its history, art and architecture, and daily life.

Presents a history of each nation of Africa explaining the origins of the people and the religion, language, culture, and migrations that accompanied development towards nationhood.

Describes the natural world and the people of Africa's savanna, desert, rain forest, mountains, great lakes, coast, and southern region as well as the Sahel, providing more than one hundred color photos.

"An introduction to Africa including climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people"--Provided by publisher.

"An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting view of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity by one of its leading new writers. A lively and diverse continent of fifty-four countries, over two thousand languages, and 1.4 billion people, Africa has long been painted with a broad brush in Western literature, media, and culture, flattening it into a monolith. In Africa is Not a Country, the acclaimed journalist Dipo Faloyin boldly counters...