books.google.co.uk - After the prehistory of Volume I, Volume II of The Cambridge History of Africa deals with the beginnings of history. It is about 500 B.C. that historical sources begin to embrace all Africa north of the Sahara and, by the end of the period, documentation is also beginning to appear for parts of sub-Saharan...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Cambridge_History_of_Africa.html?id=hb8YXTINiDMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Cambridge History of Africa