Black in the Saddle, From African Cavalries to Modern Cowboys: Volume I: Series Overview

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Black in the Saddle: From African Cavalries to Modern Cowboys is a groundbreaking nonfiction work that reclaims the overlooked legacy of African equestrian mastery from antiquity to the American West.

In this sweeping Volume I – Series Overview, Louis C. Hook traces the deep and continuous thread of African horse culture across centuries—from imperial cavalry traditions and the African foundations of the cowboy, to the unsung role of Black equestrians in building the horse and cattle economy of the Americas.

With Afrocentric rigor and cultural insight, Hook challenges dominant historical narratives and positions the African American cowboy not as a marginal figure, but as a cultural and economic architect of the West.

Black in the Saddle is the first in a powerful series that re-centers African and African American contributions to global horse culture, western expansion, and American identity.