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The terms '''African civilizations''', also '''classical African civilizations''', or '''African empires''' are used in [[Afrocentrism]] and [[Pan-Africanism]] to group the various [[pre-colonial African kingdoms]].
The terms '''African civilizations''', also '''classical African civilizations''', or '''African empires''' are used in [[Afrocentrism]] and [[Pan-Africanism]] to group the various [[pre-colonial African kingdoms]].


false Africana studies: a disciplinary quest for both theory and method by James L. Conyers]</ref>, [[Axum]],<ref name="libraries">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iM-tASgYrDEC&pg=PA228&dq=%22classical+african+civilizations%22&hl=fr&ei=su9DTaKGNI-7hAeK0dCHAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22classical%20african%20civilizations%22&f=false page 228 of Racial and ethnic diversity in academic libraries: multicultural issues by Deborah A. Curry,Susan Griswold Blandy,Lynne M. Martin]</ref> [[Meroe]],<ref name="libraries"/> [[Numidia]] and [[Nubia]]<ref name="libraries"/>, but may also be extended to the prehistoric [[Land of Punt]], and others, the [[Empire of Ashanti]] and the
The civilizations so listed usually include [[Ancient Egypt]]<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aLuIHSaIeN4C&pg=PA118&dq=%22classical+african+civilizations%22&hl=fr&ei=su9DTaKGNI-7hAeK0dCHAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22classical%20african%20civilizations%22&f=false Africana studies: a disciplinary quest for both theory and method by James L. Conyers]</ref>, [[Axum]],<ref name="libraries">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iM-tASgYrDEC&pg=PA228&dq=%22classical+african+civilizations%22&hl=fr&ei=su9DTaKGNI-7hAeK0dCHAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22classical%20african%20civilizations%22&f=false page 228 of Racial and ethnic diversity in academic libraries: multicultural issues by Deborah A. Curry,Susan Griswold Blandy,Lynne M. Martin]</ref> [[Meroe]],<ref name="libraries"/> [[Numidia]] and [[Nubia]]<ref name="libraries"/>, but may also be extended to the prehistoric [[Land of Punt]], and others, the [[Empire of Ashanti]] and the [[Empire of Ghana]].


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Study on the subject has emphasized Kemet (Ancient Egypt).<ref name="libraries"/><ref name=libraries />

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The terms African civilizations, also classical African civilizations, or African empires are used in Afrocentrism and Pan-Africanism to group the various pre-colonial African kingdoms.

The civilizations so listed usually include Ancient Egypt[1], Axum,[2] Meroe,[2] Numidia and Nubia[2], but may also be extended to the prehistoric Land of Punt, and others, the Empire of Ashanti and the Empire of Ghana.

Study on the subject has emphasized Kemet (Ancient Egypt).[2][2]

References

 3. Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization (ASCAC)