West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century

West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 349
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780429958519
ISBN-13 : 042995851X
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Book Synopsis West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century by : Daryll Forde

Download or read book West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century written by Daryll Forde and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultural life of the region. Ranging geographically from the kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria to the Wolof kingdom of Kayor in Senegal, they inlcude the Oyo Yoruba, Dahomey, Hausa, Maradi, Kom in West Cameroon, the Mossi, Ashanti and Gonja and the Mende chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. Each outlines the historical origins and development of the kingdom and analyses its organization in the nineteenth century. It includes accounts of the economic basis and resources of the state and the significance of tribute and trade, of the social categories among its population, the administrarive machinery and communnications, the judicial and military organization and external relations. It also considers the importance of the ideology and rituals of kingship.


West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century Related Books

West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: Daryll Forde
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-10 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultura
A Fistful of Shells
Language: en
Pages: 651
Authors: Toby Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

By the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for ce
Empires of Medieval West Africa
Language: en
Pages: 153
Authors: David C. Conrad
Categories: Africa
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Infobase Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Explores empires of medieval west Africa.
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-26 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwes
Islam in West Africa
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: John Spencer Trimingham
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1972 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK