LUmqulu 1 we-UNESCO's General History of Africa ukhuluma nge-African prehistory kanye nendlela yencwadi. Ingxenye yokuqala yomqulu ihlola ukubaluleka okunikezwa imiphakathi yase-Afrika esikhathini esidlule, kanye nokukhula nokuziphendukela kwemvelo komlando wase-Afrika, futhi inikeza umbono jikelele wemithombo namasu. Kulandelwa incazelo yemithombo eyisisekelo yemibhalo kanye namasiko omlomo naphilayo, kanye nemivubukulo yase-Afrika nezindlela zayo. Izahluko 10 kuya ku-12 zikhuluma ngezici zolimi nokunyakaza kokufuduka. Lokhu kulandelwa izahluko ezimbili ezibhekiswe ku-geography yomlando kanye nokwethulwa kohlaka lokulandelana kwezikhathi olwamukelwayo. Ingxenye yesibili yomqulu iphathelene ngokuqondile nokubukeka komuntu kanye ne-prehistory yase-Afrika ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zendawo: eNyakatho, eNingizimu, eMpumalanga, eNtshonalanga naseSikhungweni ngokunaka okukhethekile eSigodini saseNayile. Izahluko ezihlukene zinikezelwe kwezobuciko bangaphambi komlando, amasu ezolimo kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwe-metallurgy. Isahluko ngasinye sinemifanekiso eminingi ngamamephu, izibalo, izibalo nemidwebo kanye nokukhethwa kwezithombe ezimnyama nezimhlophe. Umbhalo uchazwa ngokugcwele futhi wengezwe yi-bibliography nenkomba.