Western African History

Product List
    • 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....

    • 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....

    • 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 456 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....
    • 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....

    • 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 15 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....

    • 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....

    • 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....

    • 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 ...
    • 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....

    • 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 97 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....

    • 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 4 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....

    • 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 51 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....

    • 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.

    • 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 218 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....

    • A Hidden Heritage
    • By: William Loren Katz
    • Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 05-14-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 330 ratings
    • The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America. The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship....

    • Survivors of Boko Haram Tell Their Story
    • By: Wolfgang Bauer, Eric Frederick Trump - translator
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • One night in April 2014, members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram raided the town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria and abducted 276 girls from the local boarding school....
    • Musa’s Development of Timbuktu and His Legacy as the Richest Man in the World
    • By: Jason Watson
    • Narrated by: Cassius Bunyan
    • Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • Africa in the 13th century lay in ruins due to countless civil wars and the ensuing famine. Amid the hopelessness arose a man who began to rebuild the ravaged diaspora....

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