The Cambridge History of Africa

The Cambridge History of Africa is an illustrated, eight-volume history of Africa published by Cambridge University Press between 1975 and 1986.^[1] Each volume is edited by a different person; the general editors of the series are John Donnelly Fage and Roland Oliver.

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The Cambridge History of Africa
Cover of Volume 1: From the Earliest Times to c.500 B.C.
Editors	John Donnelly Fage Roland Oliver
Language	English
Subject	History of Africa
Published	1975–86 (Cambridge University Press)
Publication place	England
Media type	Print (1975–86) Digital (March 2008)
OCLC	3034730

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Cambridge University Press published e-book editions in March 2008.

Reception

The UNESCO collective tasked with writing the General History of Africa criticised the Cambridge history for not challenging colonial narratives.^[2]
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza writes that the Cambridge history had very little information on women.^[3]

Clark, J. Desmond, ed. (1982). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 1: From the Earliest Times to c.500 B.C. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22215-0. OCLC 885618126.
Donnelly Fage, John, ed. (1979). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 2: From c.500 B.C. to A.D. 1050. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-21592-3. OCLC 59023418.
Oliver, Roland, ed. (1977). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 3: From c.1050 to c.1600. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20981-6. OCLC 59023418.
Gray, Richard, ed. (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 4: From c.1600 to c.1790. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20413-2. OCLC 222963183.
Flint, John E., ed. (1977). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 5: From c.1790 to c.1870. ISBN 978-1-139-05459-1. OCLC 837973030.
Oliver, Roland; Sanderson, G. N., eds. (1985). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 6: From 1870 to 1905. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22803-9. OCLC 59237801.
Roberts, A. D., ed. (1986). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 7: From 1905 to 1940. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22505-2. OCLC 875518780.
Crowder, Michael, ed. (1984). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 8: From c.1940 to c.1975. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22409-3. OCLC 12309947.