Alistair Boddy-Evans

Alistair Boddy-Evans is a history and science writer currently based near Cape Town in South Africa.

Alistair is the co-author of a number of school text books and numerous teacher's guides, roughly half of which are on African history. He has also worked as an illustrator, post-graduate researcher and secondary school teacher. His passion for history has lead him to spend much of his free time researching for historical novels based in Africa. These are still works in progress.

Alistair holds an Honours degree from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, a Masters and DIC from Imperial College, London, and a post-graduate teaching certificate (PGCE) from the Institute of Education, London.

Welcome to African History at About.com. I believe history not only teaches us who we are, but enables us to appreciate our own heritage and that of others. This site explores the long and diverse history of the continent on which humans first evolved. If there's anything about the history of Africa that you'd like to know more about, email me and I'll research it.