Books by James L. Newman

Over four million years ago, back at the origins of humanity, is where this book begins its account of the African continent, using regions, spaces and places for viewing its people and showing how they have responded to time. It ends at the onset of the colonial era in the late-19th century.

"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" The man who uttered those famous words was compared with Christopher Columbus in his day and became one of the late nineteenth century's most newsworthy figures.