Western African History

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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 11 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....

    Regular price: $11.66

    • 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
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • A groundbreaking book that puts early and medieval West Africa on the map of global history....

    Regular price: $25.79

    • 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 457 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....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • 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 86 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....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • 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 16 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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    • 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 9 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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    • A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History
    • By: Jori Lewis
    • Narrated by: Diana Blue
    • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Americans consume over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products every year. But few of us know the peanut's tumultuous history, or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • Uncovering the Truth about Black History in the Bible
    • By: Keenan West
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 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 ...

    Regular price: $9.95

    • The Untold History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
    • By: World Changing History
    • Narrated by: Tim Tidball
    • Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 10-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • On the 12th of October 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, and enslaved the native population. This was the start of the greatest crimes against humanity....

    Regular price: $14.95

    • A Collection of Myths of the Yoruba People of Nigeria
    • By: John Wyndham
    • Narrated by: Dennis Logan
    • Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
    • Release date: 07-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The author spent several years as an assistant district officer among the Yorubas in Nigeria, and was thus enabled to collect the folklore contained in this book from native sources....

    Regular price: $6.95

    • 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 98 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....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
    • By: David Hackett Fischer
    • Narrated by: Lamarr Gulley
    • Length: 35 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • In this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of freedom in varying ways in different regions of the early United States....

    Regular price: $29.99

    • Nigeria Before British Rule
    • By: Max Siollun
    • Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
    • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 03-18-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • This story of a dynamic and artistic people is a vital listen for those who want to discover a forgotten era of West Africa.

    Regular price: $21.49

    • The History and Legacy of Portugal's Exploration and Colonization of the West African Coast
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Bill Hare
    • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • This audiobook chronicles the early efforts by the Portuguese that helped initiate the Age of Exploration, and the ramifications the colonization had across the world....

    Regular price: $5.42

    • 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
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • 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....

    Regular price: $5.42

    • True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories from History
    • By: Tricia Martineau Wagner
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 12-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • A long-overdue testament to the courage and skill of Black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history....

    Regular price: $13.75

    • The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
    • By: Ben Raines
    • Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
    • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 222 ratings
    • Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution....

    Regular price: $18.74

    • Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
    • By: Charles Ray
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 12-22-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In 1875, Indian Territory, in what is now the state of Oklahoma, was a haven for thieves, swindlers, and murderers, all trying to escape the reach ...

    Regular price: $3.99

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