West African History

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    • A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire, and the Kingdom of Kush
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-20
    • Language: English
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    • Africa is the continent where the first humans were born. They explored the vast land and produced the first tools. And although we migrated from that continent, we never completely abandoned it....

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    • A Captivating Guide to West African History, Starting from Ancient Civilizations Through the Medieval Period to the Present
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-16-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Beginning in prehistoric times, West Africa has always been an incredible region. Early nomadic tribes settled into some of the earliest communities on Earth and learned how to work with metal. This audiobook covers some of the most important events in West Africa’s history....

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    • A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa
    • By: Michael Gomez
    • Narrated by: David Sadzin
    • Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-20
    • Language: English
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    • A groundbreaking book that puts early and medieval West Africa on the map of global history....

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    • A Captivating Guide to One of the Largest Empires in West African History and the Legendary Mansa Musa (Western Africa)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-22
    • Language: English
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    • Have you ever wondered why the Mali Empire was so wealthy and well-known? Find your answer in our guide about the Mali Empire, and learn about its foundation and rise to fame under Mansa Musa....

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    • The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions
    • By: Lilith Dorsey
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 215 ratings
    • An inspiring exploration of the goddesses of the West African spiritual traditions and their role in shaping Yoruba (Ifa), Santeria, Haitian vodoun, and New Orleans voodoo....

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    • Captivating Myths and Legends of the Yoruba and Other West African Peoples
    • By: Matt Clayton
    • Narrated by: Michael Reaves
    • Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 02-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost....

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    • Uncovering the Truth about Black History in the Bible
    • By: Keenan West
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • We know that 400 years ago, African-Americans were loaded onto boats as slaves. They were then dropped off in the Caribbean, North America, and ...

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    • The History of the West African Emperor and Medieval Africa's Most Fabled City
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
    • Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
    • Release date: 07-23-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • Recent research has revealed that the richest person of all time lived in the 14th century in West Africa and went by many names, including Kankan Musa Keita, Emir of Melle, Lord of the Mines of Wangara, Conqueror of Ghanata, and the Lion of Mali II....

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    • By: Tracey Baptiste
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Series: The Jumbies, Book 2
    • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home....

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    • The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
    • By: Mark Pendergrast
    • Narrated by: Matthew Boston
    • Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. In this updated edition of the classic work, Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade....

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    • Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
    • By: Dr. Thomas C. Oden PhD
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 08-20-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
    • Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe....

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    • And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
    • By: Joshua Hammer
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 450 ratings
    • This audiobook tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's greatest and most brazen smugglers....

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    • Heroes of the American West
    • By: Brynn Baker
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 33 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The Buffalo Soldiers were the first peacetime all-Black regiment of the US Army. Created around the time of the Civil War, they fought bravely in several wars, and also played an important role in the history of the American West....

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    • From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution
    • By: Geoffrey Plank
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • In a sweeping account, Atlantic Wars explores how warfare shaped the experiences of the peoples living in the watershed of the Atlantic Ocean between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Revolution....

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    • The Indomitable Lawman - Volume 3
    • By: Charles Ray
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 12-23-23
    • Language: English
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    • Born a slave, Bass Reeves never learned to read or write English, but he spoke six Native American languages and when he became one of the first ...

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Emperor of the Islamic Mali Empire in West Africa and How He Developed Timbuktu into a Major Center for Trade
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 3 hrs
    • Release date: 05-24-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • In the grand scheme of things, very little is known of Mansa Musa’s life. We know that he was one of the greatest emperors of the Mali Empire. And we know that he was actually one of the richest men of all time due to the enormous gold deposits in West Africa under his dominion....

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    • A Personal History of Biafra
    • By: Chinua Achebe
    • Narrated by: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    • Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a long-awaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, then watching it torn asunder in a tragic civil war....

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