If you want to learn Early African History START HERE

If you want to learn Early African History START HERE is divided into two parts.

The first part of this book, If you want to learn Early African History START HERE, is a general introduction to Classical African history covering the ancient and medieval empires.

The second part of this book, 50 Questions and Answers on the History of Black People, answers most of the questions that people raise about Black or African history.

6 x 9 inches
101 pages
53 maps and b & w illustrations

When We Ruled

First published in 2006, When We Ruled is now THE STANDARD TEXT for the study of Ancient and Mediaeval Black History.

The Second Edition is over 800 pages long and exceptionally well-illustrated. The book covers the Ancient and Mediaeval African Civilisations (in North Africa, West, Central, East and South Africa), the Moors in Spain, the Slave Trade, Black Women’s History, the Pan-African Movement and much more.

6 x 9 inches
818 pages
256 maps and b & w illustrations, 9 colour illustrations

When We Ruled Study Guide & Reading Plan

When We Ruled Study Guide & Reading Plan is divided into two parts.

The first part of this study guide is a 60 day or two-month plan to read When We Ruled and to learn its contents. The guide gives ‘Instructions’ on what pages should be read each day and contains ‘Test Yourself Questions’ for you to complete.

The second part of this study guide divides Black or African History into 42 main themes in approximately chronological order. This is similar to how a lecturer or teacher may set out a course. It suggests what pages of the book should be read and it also recommends other books by other scholars who one could profitably learn from.

6 x 9 inches
83 pages

The Rise and Fall of Black Wall $treet & The Seven Key Empowerment Principles

The Rise and Fall of Black Wall $treet & The Seven Key Empowerment Principles is divided into two parts.

Part One of this book, The Rise and Fall of Black Wall $treet, details the story of a brilliant Black business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. African Americans created an economic miracle in the 1910s that resulted in the creation of perhaps 600 businesses.

Part Two of this book, The Seven Key Empowerment Principles, addresses one key question: What empowerment principles should an individual practise to replicate the kind of economic success that the people of Black Wall $treet achieved?

6 x 9 inches
110 pages
29 b & w diagrams and illustrations

Blacks and Religion Volume One

Blacks and Religion Volume One is in three parts.

The first part of this book, What did Africa contribute to the Origin of Religion? addresses the Ancient and Traditional African religions.

The second part of this book, The Equinox and the Real Story behind Easter, addresses the Spring Equinox and shows that many early religions practiced similar ideas at that time of the year.

The third part of this book, Understanding the Book of the Dead addresses the most influential set of religious texts in the history of religion.

6 x 9 inches
118 pages
39 b & w illustrations

Blacks and Religion Volume Two

Blacks and Religion Volume Two is divided into four parts.

Part One is Black Influences in the Origin of Judaism.

Part Two is Black Influences in the Origin of Christianity.

Part Three is Black Influences in the Origin of Origin of Islam and Other Asian Religions.

Part Four is Black Influences in the Origin of the New Religious Movements including Rastafari, the Nation of Islam, and Black Liberation Theology.

6 x 9 inches
153 pages
24 b & w illustrations

Blacks and Science Volume One

The first part of Blacks and Science Volume One, is a general introduction to the role played by the Ancient Egyptians in the origin and evolution of Mathematics, Astronomy, Medicine & Surgery, Navigation & Cartography, Architecture, Construction and other areas that are more controversial.

The second part of the book focuses on one monument--the Great Pyramid of Giza. It reviews the discussions and speculations of what the Ancient Egyptians probably knew about pi, phi, the Dimensions of the Earth, etcetera.

6 x 9 inches
119 pages
38 maps and b & w diagrams and illustrations

Blacks and Science Volume Two

The first part of Blacks and Science Volume Two, is an introduction to the role played by the West Africans in the evolution of Mathematics, Astronomy & Physics, Metallurgy, Medicine & Surgery, Boat Building & Navigation, Architecture, and Crafts & Industry.

The second part of the book focuses on the intellectual and literary culture of the West African city of Timbuktu.

The third part is an introduction to the role played by the East Africans in the evolution of Mathematics, Architecture, Mining & Metallurgy, Astronomy, Medicine & Surgery, and Shipping & Navigation.

6 x 9 inches
144 pages
37 maps and b & w diagrams and illustrations

Blacks and Science Volume Three

Blacks and Science Volume Three is a general introduction to the role played by the African Americans in the evolution of the Space Sciences, Invention, Mathematics & Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany & Zoology, and Medicine & Surgery.

6 x 9 inches
92 pages
44 b & w diagrams and illustrations

The Black Musical Tradition AND Early Black Literature

The Black Musical Tradition AND Early Black Literature is divided into two parts.

Part One of the book, The Black Musical Tradition, is an overview of Black musical heritage from early African times to African American music. It tells the story of music from the African courts to the Call and the Cries, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Funk, Disco, up till the evolution of Techno.

Part Two, Early Black Literature, is an overview of Black writing including Ancient Egyptian literature, Negro Arab literature, Ethiopian literature and African American literature. It also surveys the old surviving Sudanese, Hausa and Swahili manuscripts.

6 x 9 inches
99 pages
36 b & w illustrations

Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire

Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire was written by Robin Walker, Siaf Millar & Saran Keita. Runoko Rashidi wrote the Afterword.

The book is the most detailed study of the Songhai Empire of West Africa ever written. The book asks:

Where was this Empire?
When did it thrive?
Who were its great statesmen?
How did the ordinary people live?
What levels of science and industry did it achieve?
Why did it fall?

6 x 9 inches
308 pages
70 maps and b & w illustrations, 53 colour illustrations

African Mathematics: History, Textbook and Classroom Lessons

Co-written by John Matthews, African Mathematics: History, Textbook and Classroom Lessons gives a historical overview of Africa and its contribution to Mathematics. Secondly, the book provides the teacher and the learner with study materials that can be used in the classroom. Thirdly, the book introduces some of the numerical patterns and puzzles that has fascinated one of the authors John Matthews.

6 x 9 inches
176 pages
46 b & w diagrams and illustrations

19 Lessons in Black History

19 Lessons in Black History is a textbook aimed at teachers, parents and high school students (aged 11-14). It provides 19 hours of teaching and learning material.

The 19 lessons cover the different African civilisations, early African contributions to science and technology, the Atlantic Slave Trade and Black Resistance to it. The book also covers Black personalities in British history, such as Olaudah Equiano.

7 x 10 inches
52 pages
27 maps and b & w illustrations

Black British History

Black British History is a textbook aimed at teachers, parents and high school students (aged 11-14). Written by Robin Walker, Vanika Marshall, Paula Perry and Anthony Vaughan, the book provides 32 hours of teaching and learning material.

The 32 lessons cover all aspects of Black Influences on British Culture from 1948-2016, how Black Britons entered mainstream culture, and how Black Britain itself evolved over the 70-year period.

8 x 11 inches
118 pages
147 b & w illustrations

30 Black History Icons

30 Black History Icons is a textbook aimed at teachers, parents, and high school students (aged 11-14). Written by Robin Walker, Vanika Marshall, Paula Perry and Anthony Vaughan, the book provides 30 hours of teaching and learning material.

The thirty icons selected were Black people, who despite slavery, colonialism, and Jim Crow legislation, achieved greatness. The men and women discussed here were architects, businesspeople, classical scholars, composers, fine artists, intellectuals, journalists, mathematicians, poets, soldiers, and university professors.

8 x 11 inches
110 pages
124 b & w illustrations

Black History Matters

Black History Matters won the ALCS 2020 award. Aimed at children, the book chronicles thousands of years of black history, from Ancient Egypt to African kingdoms, to slavery, apartheid, the battle for civil rights and much more. Important and inspiring black personalities, from Olaudah Equiano to Oprah Winfrey, are highlighted throughout, while achievements and progress are balanced alongside a look at the issues that continue to plague black communities.

8.5 x 11.5 inches
72 pages
Colour illustrations