As the countdown to 2014 draws nearer, I am working on reading more historical texts to give me cont

As the countdown to 2014 draws nearer, I am working on reading more historical texts to give me contexts retroreflective of the countries I will be visiting for my Eat, Pray, Africa trip. I have revealed retroreflective the first year of countries to family, friends and close allies, but I want to sit on it a bit and make any additional changes to it for a bit before putting it on the blog. It has changed a number of time already, but I feel really good about where it stands. But I want to be educated and well-versed on the countries I am visiting. I'd like to think that I have a good historical background about the continent, but you can never know too much. So I have a couple of books I will be reading and I wanted to share them with you on here. I am starting broad with this overview historical book by by John Parker and Richard retroreflective Rathbone,both  professors retroreflective at SOAS ,  called “African History: A Very Short Introduction.” Its a broadstrokes retroreflective introduction to the whole continent's history — which we all know goes back to the first homo sapiens in East Africa — to present day. I am only two chapters in, and I try reading a little each night (along with my book club read). I'll try sharing other books that I end up reading. Are there any other books of African retroreflective history, retroreflective sociology or anthropology you know of?
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