The Forgotten Era'Siollun's books are gripping' Financial Times Much is known about what Europeans did in Africa, yet very little is known about Africa's history before its colonisation. In this surprising exploration, Max Siollun uncovers societies that were not part of a backward 'Dark Continent', but which instead had rich lore to rival the ancient Greeks and Romans. Pre colonial West Africa had a mesmerising cast of revolutionaries, intellectuals, innovators, and