The Environmental History of Africa

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Introduction: Environmental history
Africa's environmental macrosystems
Myth making and Narratives of the African Environment
Sources for environmental history
Population in African History
Disease in African history
World Disease: Influenza 1918-19
Livestock Disease: Trypanosomiasis in Tanganyika
Images of Degradation: Creeping Desert?
Images of Degradation: The Serengeti
Deforestation in Ethiopia: A Tale of Two Forests
Pre-colonial agriculture
Big Bang in the Upper Guinea Forest, 1500-1900
Bananas in Buganda
Roots of African famine, 1984-87
Ethiopia's Agricultural Paradox
Conservation and Colonialism in Africa
Africa's environmental future