User:Scottfree001

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History of Africa.

African American

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This user is descended from an African slave ^†

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Hello everyone. This is Scott. I used to work on Wikipedia as 4SHIZZAL or SCOTT FREE, but I forgot my frickin' password! I've stayed away from Wikipedia for a couple of years due to being busy with work. I was also tired of all the trolls on Wikipedia whom wanted to argue on every little point about articles they knew nothing about. Then Wikipedia started begging for money, and I thought...SERVES THEM RIGHT!

Recently I went back to look at a lot of the articles I started on Pre Colonial African history and, alas, like Wolverine in Old Man Logan or Batman in Dark Knight Returns, I see my absence has done more harm than good. I started working on Wikipedia to preserve the little know knowledge on African history, and I think I did that pretty well. But LOTS of inaccurate statements are being posted that are misleading or just plain wrong. I can't responsibly sit by and do nothing.

So I'm Back. Scottfree001 (talk) 00:34, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Recently Completed

Kongo-Portuguese War of 1622
Battle of Mbanda Kasi
Battle of Mbumbi

Library

Here is a list of my private library on African and African-American history. It's forever increasing. I put this list here for folks looking for good data on hard to find subjects.

1. "Africa: a short history" by Robert O. Collins (Markus Wiener Publishers, 2006)
2. "Introduction To African Civilizations" by John G. Jackson (Citadel, 2001)
3. "Peoples and Empires of West Africa: West Africa in History 1000-1800" by G.T. Stride & C. Ifeka (Nelson, 1986)
4. "Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas: Restoring the Links" by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall (University of North Carolina Press, 2005)
5. "Exchanging Our Country Marks" by Michael A. Gomez (University of North Carolina Press, 1998)
6. "Africa and Africans in the Formation of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680" by John K. Thornton (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
7. "Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800" by John K. Thornton (Taylor and Francis, 2005)
8. "African Arms and Armour" by Christopher Spring (British Museum Press, 1993)
9. "Warfare and Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West Africa" by Robert S. Smith (University of Wisconsin Press, 1989)
10. "AFRICAN KNIGHTS: The Armies of Sokoto, Bornu and Bagirmi in the 19th Century" by Conrad Cairns (Foundry, 2006)
11. "SUNDIATA: An Epic of Old Mali" by D.T Niane (Longman, 1995)
12. "Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey" by Stanley B. Alpern (Hurst & Co Ltd, 2001)
13. "Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred Year War for Africa's Gold Coast" by Robert. B. Edgerton (Free Press, 1995)
14. "The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706" by John K. Thornton (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
15. "Blacks in Antiquity" by Frank M. Snowden (Belknap Press, 1971)
16. "Medieval Africa, 1250-1800" by Roland Oliver (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
17. "Black Africans in Renaissance Europe" by T. F. Earle and K. J. P. Lowe (University of Oxford, 2005)
18. "Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundaton of the Americas, 1585-1660" by Linda M. Heywood and John K. Thornton (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
19. "Forged In Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers" by Joseph T. Glatthaar (Free Press, 1990)
20. "Africa In History: Themes and Outlines, Revised and Expanded Edition" by Basil Davidson (Phoenix Press, 2003)
21. "Great Zulu Battles 1838-1906" by Ian Knight (Castle Books Press, 2003)
22. "History of Slavery" by Susanne Everett (Chartwell Books, Inc., 2006)
23. "Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man" by Vincent Carretta (Penguin Booka, 2005)
24. "Monsieur De Saint-George; Virtuoso, Swordsman, Revolutionary: A Legendary Life Rediscovered" by Alain Guede (Picador, 2003)
25. "African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independnt States and Rulers Past and Present" by John Stewart (McFarland, 1989)
26. "Timbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold" by Marq De Villiers & Sheila Hirtle (Walker, 2007)
27. "History of Africa" by Kevin Shillington (St. Martin's Press, 1995)
28. "Historical Atlas of the Ancient World: 4,000,000 BC - 500 BC" by John Haywood (Barnes & Noble, 2000)
29. "Historical Atlas of the Classical World: 500 BC - AD 600" by John Haywood (Barnes & Noble, 2002)
30. "Historical Atlas of the Medieval World: AD 600 - 1492" by John Haywood (Barnes & Noble, 2002)
31. "Historical Atlas of the Early Modern World: 1492 - 1783" by John Haywood (Barnes & Noble, 2002)
32. "Historical Atlas of the 19th Century World: 1783 - 1914" by John Haywood (Barnes & Noble, 2002)
33. "Historical Atlas of the 20th Century World: 1900 - 1999" by John Haywood (MetroBooks, 2001)

Africa Through the Ages

Stone Age Africa 150,000 years ago (Modern Humans Arrive) - 600 B.C. (Nubia begins spreading Iron technology)
Iron Age Africa 600 B.C. (Nubia begins spreading Iron technology) - 1600 (End of the great empires)
Transition Age Africa 1600 (End of the great empires) - NOW.