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9780821416419

Themes In West Africa's History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821416419

  • ISBN10:

    0821416413

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-05-05
  • Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

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Summary

There has long been a need for a new textbook on West Africa's history. This comprehensive collection brings together leading scholars on key themes from prehistory to the present. It discusses various disciplinary approaches, provides overviews of the literature on major topics, and breaks new ground through the incorporation of original research.

Author Biography

Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong is a professor of history at Harvard University. He is the author of Between the Sea and the Lagoon: An Eco-social History of the Anlo of Southeastern Ghana c. 1850 to Recent Times (Ohio, 2001).

Table of Contents

List of Maps & Figuresp. viii
Acknowledgements & Notes on Contributorsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Paths to a West African Pastp. 9
The Holocene Prehistory of West Africa 10,000-100 BPp. 11
Ecology & Culture in West Africap. 33
Linguistics & History in West Africap. 52
Oral Tradition & Perceptions of History from the Manding Peoples of West Africap. 73
Perspectives on Environment, Society, Agency & Historical Changep. 97
Slavery & Slave Trade in West Africa 1450-1930p. 99
Class, Caste & Social Inequality in West African Historyp. 118
Religious Interactions in Pre-Twentieth Century West Africap. 141
Poverty in Pre-Colonial & Colonial West Africa: Perception, Causes & Alleviationp. 163
Disease in West African Historyp. 186
Urbanization in Colonial & Post-Colonial West Africap. 208
Understanding Contemporary West Africa through Religion & Political Economyp. 225
Commodities, Mercedes-Benz & Structural Adjustment: An Episode in West African Economic Historyp. 227
Ethnicity, Conflict & the State in Contemporary West Africap. 265
Pentecostalism, Islam & Culture New Religious Movements in West Africap. 286
Indexp. 313
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