The ''Encyclopedia of African History'' is a three-volume work dedicated to

African history The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300–250,000 years ago—anatomically modern humans ('' Homo sapiens''), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of d ...

. It was edited by

Kevin Shillington Kevin Shillington is a teacher and a freelance historian based in Dorset, England, United Kingdom. Education He graduated from Trinity College, located in Dublin, Ireland, with a major in modern history in 1968. Shillington did his postgr ...

and published in

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in November 2004. The

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subjects for this work are ''Africa'', ''History'', and ''Encyclopedias''. Like most encyclopedias, it is arranged alphabetically, and includes illustrations, maps, a bibliographical reference section and an index. The encyclopedia covers a variety of subjects such as economics, sociology, ethnic studies, and military science.

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African History The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300–250,000 years ago—anatomica

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