This bold and innovative read marks a major breakthrough in the knowledge and understanding we have of Africa’s relationship with the rest of the world, from ancient times to present day.
By "Revived histories", this book endeavours to show how African societies have acted in the world and the impact they have had. It is thus a creative, multi-faceted story, which also seeks to provide archive documentation of materials, objects, archaeological sites, art and thoughts.
Edited by François-Xavier Fauvelle (professor at the Collège de France), historian and archaeologist, and Anne Lafont (director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales), art historian, this book brings together some leading experts in the field: Ana Lucia Araujo, Pascale Barthélémy, Jean Godefroy Bidima, Guillaume Blanc, François Bon, Marie-Laure Derat, Daniel Desormeaux, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Sarah Fila-Bakabadio, Marian Nur Goni, Erika Nimis, Anne Ruderman et Joseph Tonda.