Robin Walker, also known as The Black History Man, is one of the UK's most pre-eminent African scholars. Born in London Walker read economics at LSE before studying African World Studies under Dr Femi Biko and later Kenny Bakie. Since 1992 Robin has been lecturing in adult education, universities and conferences on African World Studies, Egyptology and Black History. Robin has authored or coauthored 13 books, including classic titles such as Classical Splendour, Roots of Black History Sword, Seal and Koran, the best study there has ever been on the Songhai Empire of West Africa (Everyday life in a West African Empire). Perhaps his most notable and critically acclaimed work is the title When We Ruled, which is hailed as the single most advanced historical synthesis on the history of Africa and its people to date. This established Walker as a leading authority on African studies in the English-speaking world.
1: Why black history matters
2: Chapter 1: The African empires
3: The lands of the pharaohs
4: Ancient Egypt
5: Kush
6: Egypt thrives and declines
7: North African invasions
8: Ethiopia
9: The West African desert empires
10: The Nigeria region
11: Munhumutapa
12: The East African coast
12: Chapter 2: The transatlantic slave trade
13: The transatlantic slave trade begins
14: A trade in human misery
15: Life as a slave
16: Growing resistance
17: Abolition
18: The legacy of the slave trade
19: Chapter 3: Colonialism
20: The Scramble for Africa
21: The Pan-African Congresses
22: An independent Africa
23: Southern Africa and apartheid
24: Chapter 4: The African diaspora
25: African-Americans in the USA
26: The fight for civil rights
27: Change at last
28: The Windrush generation
29: Being black in the UK
30: Black history today
31: Glossary
32: Further information
33: Timeline
34: Index
