Nairobi: East African Publishing House and Longman Kenya, (1969). A book in which eighteen leading scholars, including the two editors, have combined to produce an authoritative and up-to-date assessment of the last two thousand years in East Africa, covering both social and economic developments and discussing the varied methods of research in use by historians in East Africa. Among the contributors are Edward Alpers, Norman Bennett, John Iliffe, Ali Mazrui and more. Introduction by Ogot and Kiernan. Maps, charts, suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay. Index, 407 pp. ISBN: 0-582602726.