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Peoples and empires of West Africa : West Africa in history, 1000-1800 / George Stride, Caroline Ifeka.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Nelson, 1971 [reprinted 1978]Description: x, 373 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 017511448X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT476 .S77 1978
Contents:
1. Life zones of West Africa - 2. The states of the Senegal and Gambia valleys - 3. The ancient empire of Ghana - 4. The ancient empire of Mali - 5. The Songhai empire - 6. The Hausa states - 7. The Kanuri empires - 8. Islam in West Africa down to 1804 - 9. The economic history of West Africa down to about 1800 - 10. The arrival of Europeans - 11. Peoples of the coastal zone - 12. The trans-Atlantic slave trade - 13. Secret societies and war towns in the western forest - 14. The Akan states of the Guinea Forest : From Bono to Fante and Akwamu - 15. States of the Guinea Forest : The Akan empire of Asante - 16. States of the Guinea Forest : The rise of Dahomey - 17. States of the Guinea Forest : The empire of Oyo - 18. States of the Guinea Forest : Great Benin - 19. The city-states of the Niger Delta - 20. Village peoples of the Guinea Forest : The Ibo and Ibibio -- Maps : I. The Principal Peoples and Languages of West Africa - II. The Life Zones and Food Frontiers of West Africa - III. The Empire of Tekrur - IV. The Wolof Empire - V. The Empire of Ghana - VI. The Mossi-Dagomba States - VII. The Empire of Mali - VIII. The Empire of Songhai - IX. The Hausa States - X. The Expansion of Kano - XI. The Expansion of Katsina - XII. (a) The Expansion of Zaria; (b) Nupe at the Height of its Power - XIII. The Kebbi State - XIV. The Jukun State - XV. Gobir at the Height of its Power - XVI. The First Kanuri Empire - XVII. The Second Kanuri Empire - XVIII. The Advance of Islam - XIX. The Bambara States - XX. The Islamic Revival - XXI. The Trans-Sahara Trade Routes - XXII. The Portuguese Explorers - XXIII. The Organization of the Slave Trade - XXIV. The Akan Peoples and their Trade Routes - XXV. Asante at the Death of Opoku Ware in 1750 - XXVI. The expansion of Akwamu - XXVII. (left) Denkyira at the Height of its Power; (right) Fante Expansion - XXVIII. The Rise of Dahomey - XXIX. The Yoruba Empire of Oyo - XXX. Benin in 1550 - XXXI. The Niger Delta.
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Includes index.

1. Life zones of West Africa - 2. The states of the Senegal and Gambia valleys - 3. The ancient empire of Ghana - 4. The ancient empire of Mali - 5. The Songhai empire - 6. The Hausa states - 7. The Kanuri empires - 8. Islam in West Africa down to 1804 - 9. The economic history of West Africa down to about 1800 - 10. The arrival of Europeans - 11. Peoples of the coastal zone - 12. The trans-Atlantic slave trade - 13. Secret societies and war towns in the western forest - 14. The Akan states of the Guinea Forest : From Bono to Fante and Akwamu - 15. States of the Guinea Forest : The Akan empire of Asante - 16. States of the Guinea Forest : The rise of Dahomey - 17. States of the Guinea Forest : The empire of Oyo - 18. States of the Guinea Forest : Great Benin - 19. The city-states of the Niger Delta - 20. Village peoples of the Guinea Forest : The Ibo and Ibibio -- Maps : I. The Principal Peoples and Languages of West Africa - II. The Life Zones and Food Frontiers of West Africa - III. The Empire of Tekrur - IV. The Wolof Empire - V. The Empire of Ghana - VI. The Mossi-Dagomba States - VII. The Empire of Mali - VIII. The Empire of Songhai - IX. The Hausa States - X. The Expansion of Kano - XI. The Expansion of Katsina - XII. (a) The Expansion of Zaria; (b) Nupe at the Height of its Power - XIII. The Kebbi State - XIV. The Jukun State - XV. Gobir at the Height of its Power - XVI. The First Kanuri Empire - XVII. The Second Kanuri Empire - XVIII. The Advance of Islam - XIX. The Bambara States - XX. The Islamic Revival - XXI. The Trans-Sahara Trade Routes - XXII. The Portuguese Explorers - XXIII. The Organization of the Slave Trade - XXIV. The Akan Peoples and their Trade Routes - XXV. Asante at the Death of Opoku Ware in 1750 - XXVI. The expansion of Akwamu - XXVII. (left) Denkyira at the Height of its Power; (right) Fante Expansion - XXVIII. The Rise of Dahomey - XXIX. The Yoruba Empire of Oyo - XXX. Benin in 1550 - XXXI. The Niger Delta.

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