Lumqulu wakhe uhlanganisa umlando we-Afrika kusukela ngekhulu lesi-3 kuya kwele-7. Lesi sikhathi sihlanganisa iminyakazo emibili ebizelwe ukwenza ithonya elibalulekile futhi elihlala njalo lamasiko, ezepolitiki nezomnotho emlandweni waleli zwekazi: ithonya elikhulayo lamaSulumane, ukusakazeka kwalo kanye nokusebenzisana kwalo namasiko endabuko aseNyakatho Afrika kanye kusuka entshonalanga nokwandiswa kweBantu kuya eningizimu. Le ncwadi iqala ngokubeka i-Afrika ngokomlando womhlaba ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-11, ngaphambi kokuhlola umthelela ojwayelekile wokungena kwamaSulumane, ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwabantu abakhuluma isiBantu kanye ukuphakama kwempucuko yaseSudan eNtshonalanga Afrika. Izahluko ezilandelayo zilandela amakhosi amaSulumane alandelanayo aseNyakatho Afrika kanye nomthelela wawo, uChristian Nubia; impucuko ye-savannah, amahlathi kanye nogu lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika; Uphondo lwe-Afrika, ugu lwe-East Africa kanye ne-hinterland, i-Afrika eseMaphakathi, i-Afrika eseNingizimu, kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwangaphakathi kweMadagascar kanye nokuxhumana kwayo nezwe langaphandle. Izahluko ezintathu zokugcina ziphathelene nokuhlakazeka kwabantu base-Afrika e-Asia, ubudlelwano bamazwe omhlaba kanye nokusabalala kobuchwepheshe nemibono ezwenikazi lase-Afrika, futhi kuhlaziywa umthelela jikelele wesikhathi emlandweni wase-Afrika. Isahluko ngasinye siboniswa ngezithombe ezimnyama nezimhlophe, amamephu, izibalo nezibalo. Umbhalo, ochazwe ngokuphelele, unezelwa ngombhalo obalulekile wemisebenzi ephathelene nesikhathi.