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Zeinab Badawi

Praise for An African History of Africa

Zeinab Badawi’s remarkable new book lives up to her dependable standards of excellence. It takes the reader on an up-close-and-personal journey across this unique continent, seemingly holding your hand whil ...

Margaret Busby CBE

A fascinating, thought-provoking and entertaining romp through several thousand years of history . . . This book is for everyone not only in the sense that we are all, ultimately, from Africa, but also because it ...

Justin Marozzi, Sunday Times

A refreshing corrective to narratives imposed on the continent by others . . . Ambitious in scope . . . The very act of telling African history from an African perspective and by making this history accessible to ...

Simukai Chigdu, Guardian

Zeinab Badawi’s remarkable new book lives up to her dependable standards of excellence. It takes the reader on an up-close-and-personal journey across this unique continent, seemingly holding your hand whil ...

Margaret Busby CBE

A fascinating, thought-provoking and entertaining romp through several thousand years of history . . . This book is for everyone not only in the sense that we are all, ultimately, from Africa, but also because it ...

Justin Marozzi, Sunday Times

A refreshing corrective to narratives imposed on the continent by others . . . Ambitious in scope . . . The very act of telling African history from an African perspective and by making this history accessible to ...

Simukai Chigdu, Guardian

Zeinab Badawi’s remarkable new book lives up to her dependable standards of excellence. It takes the reader on an up-close-and-personal journey across this unique continent, seemingly holding your hand whil ...

Margaret Busby CBE

A fascinating, thought-provoking and entertaining romp through several thousand years of history . . . This book is for everyone not only in the sense that we are all, ultimately, from Africa, but also because it ...

Justin Marozzi, Sunday Times

A refreshing corrective to narratives imposed on the continent by others . . . Ambitious in scope . . . The very act of telling African history from an African perspective and by making this history accessible to ...

Simukai Chigdu, Guardian

Books by Zeinab Badawi

Book cover of Africa: History and Heroes by Zeinab Badawi
Africa: History and HeroesZeinab Badawi, Dominique Ramsey

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Articles featuring Zeinab Badawi

The Penguin Podcast: episode 2 – Black History Month

The Penguin Podcast: episode 2 – Black History Month

Joining us in our book-filled studio this week is broadcaster and author Zeinab Badawi, who shares her journey chronicling Africa’s spectacular history through the voices of African historians, archaeologists, and local storytellers. Plus, we put your reading requests to award-winning author Derek Owusu to top up your reading pile with books by Black authors to […]
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Videos

Zeinab Badawi: An African History Of Africa

Zeinab Badawi: An African History Of Africa

In the press

Zeinab Badawi: Setting the record straight on African history - Full Disclosure with James O'Brien