Christopher Paul Ehret, age 83, of Thousand Oaks, California, passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. A beloved advisor, mentor, colleague, and cherished member of his family and community, Chris will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Selected Publications:
Ancient Africa: A Global History, to 300 CE
The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800
History and the Testimony of Language
Southern Nilotic History: Linguistic Approaches to the Study of the Past
Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic
An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400
The historical reconstruction of Southern Cushitic phonology and vocabulary
And hundreds of articles