Topics in West African History
This new edition of Topics in West African History has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the requirements of senior secondary and first year university students. This edition contains.-24 chapters cover the entire history of West Africa from the spread of Islam to the present day.-New maps illustrate the major themes of west African history.-Main political facts of Wet Africa since independence are summarized in an easy-to-remember table.
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Contents
The Sudanese States and Empires 1 The TransSaharan trade
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List of Maps 1 TransSaharan trade routes
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The empires of Ghana Mali and Songhai
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Copyright
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administration African agriculture al-Hajj Alafin Almoravids ancient Ghana areas army Asante Askia Mohammed became Benin British West Africa CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ capital caravan centres chiefs churches coastal colonial rule conquered council coup CRUZ The University Dahomey dynasty economic eighteenth century elections empire established ethnic European export factors French West Africa Fula Fulani Gambia gold groups Guinea Hausa Hausaland Igbo important independence industry Islam Ivory Coast Jenne jihad Kano king kingdom Kumasi leaders Liberia mainly Mali Malinke Mansa Musa military ministers missionaries Muslim nationalist activities Niger Nigeria nineteenth century Nkrumah northern onwards organised oyo mesi palm oil parties political Portuguese produced provinces Qadiriyya region Sahara savanna scholars Secondly Sekou Senegal Sierra Leone sixteenth century slave trade social Songhai Soninke Sudan Sunni Ali Susu Temne Timbuctu Togo towns trans-Saharan trade Union UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA Western Sudan Yoruba