《非洲通史》荣获１９９６年中国图书奖的消息传来，我倍觉欣慰。老天不负有心人，十多年的努力总算结出了硕果，不免感慨万千。记得那是１９８５年的事了。当时，我在华东师大出版社负责编辑世界史方面的书稿。一次到历史系了解科研情况，获悉艾周昌教授正着手编著《非洲通史 I am relieved that the “General History of Africa” ​​won the 1996 China Book Award. God pays off, more than 10 years of hard work finally came to fruition, can not help but feel filled with emotion. I remember it was a matter of 1985. At that time, I was responsible for editing the manuscript of world history in East China Normal University Press. Once to the Department of History to understand the scientific research, learned that Professor Ai Zhou Chang is working on the "General History of Africa