1st Edition
West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century
308 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction Daryll Forde
2. The Kingdom of Benin R. E. Bradbury
3. The Yoruba Kingdom of Oyo
4. The Kingdom of Dahomey
5. A Hausa Kingdom: Maradi Under Dan Baskore, 1854-75
6. The Kingdom of Kom in West Cameroon
7. The Mossi Kingdoms
8. The Over-Kingdom of Gonja
9. Ashanti Government
10. The Mende Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone
11. The Wolof Kingdom of Kayor
Biography
Daryll Forde, P. M. Kaberry
