An excellent re-accounting of the history of the modern world, placing Africa and African people  at the centre.  It’s a story told through the histories of resources like gold, sugar, silver, cotton, tobacco, and tea, of enslavement, industrialisation, plantation economies, European imperial expansion and formation, history of African people, cultures, kingdoms, civilisations, philosophies, and lives. Really loved it.

Listened to the audiobook and chapters are well-paced and cover a massive range of time in considerable detail without feeling repetitive, boring, or slow.