一常言道:“十年磨一剑”。一本好的著作,没有经历较长时间的苦工是不行的。华东政法学院院长、中国外国法律史学会会长何勤华教授与湘谭大学非洲法律与社会研究中心主任洪永红教授主编的《非洲法律发达史》就是这样的一部力作。十多年前,我在一次非洲问题学术讨论会上遇到洪永 A saying goes: “ten years grinding sword.” A good book does not work without hard work for a long time. The history of African law, edited by Professor He Qinhua, dean of the East China University of Political Science and Law, president of the Institute of Chinese Foreign Law History, and Professor Hong Yonghong, director of the Center for African Legal and Social Studies at Xiangtan University, is one such masterpiece. More than a decade ago, I met Hong Yong at a symposium on Africa