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it-2Quest'utente può contribuire con un livello intermedio di italiano.
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Welcome, I mostly edit around precolonial African history, but sometimes make the mistake of venturing into other topics.[a] Below is my to-do/procrastination list, please do my work for me (thanks).

For anyone interested in reading about African history I'd highly recommend the General History of Africa volumes. There's far too much to do and we desperately need more editors. Also feel free to join WP:WikiProject Anthropology/Oral tradition taskforce if it's something you're interested in; it didn't get off the ground but hopefully as the case for oral citations[b] gets stronger if/when TK enters the mainstream, something will be made of it. Some essays I wrote: Wikipedia:Colonial sources and Africa, Wikipedia:Efficiency, and Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines first. Happy to be pinged to disputes as a 3O. Let me know if I’ve done something wrong or can do something better, thanks.

Missing articles

Articles to improve

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Resources

General History of Africa (3 new volumes in 2025)

Encyclopedia of Africa history and culture: volume 1, volume 2, volume 3 volume 4 volume 5

Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set (Shillington) [1] Kush

Dictionary of African Biography (Oxford Reference)

Dictionary of African Biography (1986)

Eldredge 2015

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005) [2]

The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History: culture, development, international law, secessionism, US, France, China, development history, Pan-Africanism, human rights

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To read:

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Notes

  1. Currently doing a self-imposed tban on Israel and Palestine, for the same reasons everyone else seems to be doing I guess.
  2. 2011 research project by Aprabhala and 2014 research project by Pgallert
  1. Shillington, Kevin, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2 https://books.google.com/books?id=umyHqvAErOAC&q=historiography. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Taylor, Bron, ed. (2005). The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature: Volume. Continuum. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. O'Fahey, Rex (2008). The Darfur Sultanate: A History. Hurst Publishers. ISBN 9780231700382.