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West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
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West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
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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 and the Mende chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. Each outlines
the historical origins and development of the kingdom and analyses
its organization in the nineteenth century. It includes accounts of
the economic basis and resources of the state and the significance
of tribute and trade, of the social categories among its
population, the administrarive machinery and communnications, the
judicial and military organization and external relations. It also
considers the importance of the ideology and rituals of kingship.
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