THE GIFTS OF AFRICA, how a continent and its people changed the world

512pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Guilford, 2022

Jeff Pearce on Africa's intellectual legacy, including Ethiopian philosopher Zera Yacob, Liberia's Edward Wilmot Blyden, griot Papa Susso, Ghanian economist George Ayittey and Mbundu queen Njinga.

Jeff Pearce's books include Winged Bull - the extraordinary life of Henry Layard, the adventurer who discovered the lost city of Nineveh and Prevail, the inspiring story of Ethiopia's victory over Mussolini's invasion, 1935-1941.