African Ancient Origins

About the Author

Robin Walker (Author), 'The Black History Man', was born in London but has also lived in Jamaica. He is an entrepreneur, publisher, educator and author. He read Economics at the London School of Economics; then studied African World Studies with Dr Femi Biko and Mr Kenny Baikie; and later trained as a secondary school teacher. In 2006 Walker wrote the seminal When We Ruled, the most advanced synthesis of ancient and medieval African history ever written by a single author. Subsequent books include Blacks and Science Volumes I, II and III, Blacks and Religion Volumes I and II, A History of Africa and the ALCS-award-winning Black History Matters, as well as books in collaboration with others such as Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire. In 2022 he co-founded the online adult education business, The Black Secret, which teaches Black History and African Heritage to adults. He has delivered classes and lectures for many organizations, from the Department for Education to the Victoria & Albert Museum. Prof. Manu Ampim (Foreword) is a noted scholar and tenured professor of History and Africana Studies at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California (USA). He has conducted primary research on classical African civilizations in two dozen countries for the past 36 years, and is an author of several influential books, namely Towards Black Community Development (2nd ed. 1996), Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth (2013), and A History of African Civilizations (2nd ed, 2023). Ampim is also the Director of Advancing The Research (Oakland, Calif, USA).