[BenLurkin]

For a history of African colonization I recommend:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380719991/qid=1149522770/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-8633530-1973640?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

and

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007DQ0ZO/qid=1149522922/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8633530-1973640?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

[Publius6961]

You're kidding, right?
That first link leaves out the first 400 years of European footholds and sojourns into the Dark Continent....

[Docbarleypop]

have you read anything of e pritchet on his time in egypt or with the azande? great works even though they are a bit dated