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Never underestimate the complexities of African history

Too many commentators, Luke Pepera included, extrapolate from one region they know well to a continent boasting a multitude of religions, languages and ethnic roots

Michela Wrong
Detail from the 14th-century Catalan Atlas showing the King of Mali, Kanku Musa Keita. Getty Images
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  • Motherland: A Journey Through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity

    Luke Pepera

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 272, £22

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