Africa before the Transatlantic Slave trade


	Racist views of Africa


	Africa, the birthplace of humanity


	Trade, Cultures and Civilisations in Africa


	How Europe learned from Africa


	European views of Africa before the Slave Trade

How Europe learned from Africa- Useful links

The Islamic Conquest of Spain
An extract from The Islamic Conquest of Spain by the 9th century Egyptian Ibn Abd-el-Hakem.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/conqspain.html

Science and Philosophy of Islamic Spain
An account of the intellectual and scientific culture of Islamic Spain with particular reference to advances in mathematics, astronomy, geography and medicine.
http://users.erols.com/gmqm/andalus1.html

Virtual Moorish Spain
A virtual tour around the Islamic architecture of Granada, Cordoba, Ronda and Seville. Sound files, maps, timelines and extensive historical notes complete an excellent introduction to this era.
http://www.sonhex.dk/son.htm

Arabic Words in English
A list of Arabic words and scientific terminology that have entered the English language from the period of Moorish Spain.
http://www.krysstal.com/borrow_arabic.html

Medieval Africa
An introduction to the Medieval Kingdoms of the Sudan which looks at Mali, Songhay, Hausaland and Kasnem-Bornu. Ideally for younger students, this site includes self-test sections and a photo gallery.
http://webusers.xula.edu/jrotondo/Kingdoms/welcome.html

Timbuktu
This History Channel site hosts a timeline, study guide and quiz about the Malian city of Timbuktu. Now a UNESCO conservation area, Timbuktu was the intellectual and spiritual heart of medieval West Africa.
http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com
/classroom/unesco/timbuktu.html

Mansa Musa
A brief introduction to Mansa Musa, the Malian king whose celebrated haj to Mecca in 1325 was said to have included 500 persons, each carrying a staff of solid gold.
http://www.mrdowling.com/609-mansamusa.html

Histories of African city-states
An extensive and accessible introduction to the early West African city-states, their rulers and their chroniclerscan be found on this BBC World Service site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/
storyofafrica/index_section4.shtml

West African Kingdoms
A West African Kingdoms timeline with a host of useful links to African and other histories.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features
/storyofafrica/4generic3.shtml