title: Africa, vol.1: African History Before 1885
author:  Toyin Falola 
description: Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the 2002-2003 recipient of the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award.
zlib_text: Contents
  Praise for The Scramble for Africa
  About the Author
  By the same author:
  Copyright
  List of Illustrations
  Cartoons and engravings
  List of Maps
  Dedication
  Introduction
  Prologue 
  The Crowning Achievement 
  Ilala, Central Africa 
  21 April–May 1873 and after
  PART I: THE OPEN PATH
  1 Leopold’s Crusade 
  Brussels 
  7 January-15 September 1876
  2 Three Flags Across Africa 
  Central Africa and Europe 
  14 September 1876–June 1878
  3 Two Steps Forward 
  Transvaal, Cape Town, Natal 
  12 April 1877–12 January 1879
  4 The Crouching Lion 
  London, Zululand, London 
  November 1878–2, 2 January 1879
  
  5 Ismael’s Dream of Empire 
  Egypt and the Sudan 
  18 February 1879–June 1880
  6 One Step Backward 
  South Africa and London 
  16 December 1880–3 August 1881
  7 Saving the Bey 
  Paris and Tunis 
  23 March–November 1881
  8 Saving the Khedive 
  London and Egypt 
  31 December 1881–October 1882
  PART II: THE RACE BEGINS
  9 The Race for the Pool 
  Europe and Central Africa 
  30 May 1882–April 1883 and before
  10 Head in the Clouds