Great kingdoms of Africa

Foreword. Reclaiming ancestral narratives / Sir David Adjaye

Introduction. Kings, kingship and kingdoms in African history / John Parker

Ancient Egypt and Nubia: kings of flood and kings of rain / David Wengrow

The Sudanic empires: the gold, the arts, the river / Rahmane Idrissa

The Solomonic Christian kingdom of Ethiopia / Habtamu Tegegne and Wendy Laura Belcher

The Yoruba and Benin kingdoms / Olatunji Ojo

The Kongo kingdom / Cécile Fromont

Buganda /

John Parker

From Hausa kingdoms to the Sokoto caliphate / Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe

The Akan forest kingdom of Asante / John Parker

The Zulu kingdom / Wayne Dooling.