Launched in 1964 by UNESCO and several newly independent African states, the General History of Africa project is the result of more than 60 years of research.

Extreme heat deep in Earth’s crust forged the strong, stable continents that have endured for billions of years.

A chronological record of the transition between the formation and growth of continents through mountain-building processes (left) and the extreme stability and slow erosion that characterizes Earth’s ...

Over the following three decades, UNESCO brought together some of the best minds from Africa and around the world – including Djibril Tamsir Niane, Cheikh Anta Diop, Théophile Obenga, Ali Mazrui and ...

Introduction -- From Africa to Mehrgarh : the early pre-history of India -- The Harappan Civilisation -- The Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Age -- Formative centuries of the pre-Mauryan era -- The paradox ...