Western African History (African History in Documents) - Softcover

Collins, Robert O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558760156 ISBN 13: 9781558760158

Verlag: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2012

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Book by Collins Robert O

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This volume covers five hundred years of history, beginning with the writings of travelers Ibn Battuta, Leo Africanus, Mungo Park, Heinrich Barth, René Caillé, and Mary Kingsley, as well as many others. Religious wars are described by chroniclers such as Abd Allah ibn Muhammad and Al-Kanami, Sire Abbas Soh, and Ahmadu Hampate Ba. The trans-Saharan and cross-Atlantic slave trades are a central concern of the book and the French and British colonial periods are also scrutinized. Modern times are examined in the texts of Nnamidi Azikiwe, Léopold Senghor, Sékou Touré, and Kwame Nkrumah. Special emphasis is placed on original African texts about political traditions, independence movements after WWII, the law, and other themes of social and political history. The African History in Documents series also features: Volume II: Eastern African History Volume III: Central and South African History

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This volume discusses 500 years of western African history, beginning with the writings of travellers Ibn Battuta, Leo Africanus and Mungo Park. Topics covered include: religious wars; the trans-Sahara and cross-Atlantic slave trade; the French and British colonial periods; and modern times.

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• Verlag: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1558760156
• ISBN 13: 9781558760158
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264