| Edition |
(New edition). |
| Description |
ix, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
The growth of African civilisation |
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Growth of African civilisation.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-393) and index. |
| Contents |
States of the western Sudan in the nineteenth century: The jihad of Uthman dan Fodio and the Sokoto caliphate ; The Islamic revolution in Macina, the Bambara states and Senegambia ; The Islamic revolutions of Maba and Samori ; Revival and decline in Borno ; Changing trade patterns -- the western Sudan and the Sahara -- Coastal states in the nineteenth century: Changing trade patterns -- the coast and the Atlantic ; Collapse of the Oyo empire and Yoruba wars ; Dahomey -- a centralised and planned economy ; The Asante empire in the nineteenth century ; Igboland -- a segmentary political system -- West Africa and Europe 1800 -- 1900: Sierra Leone and Gambia in the nineteenth century ; Liberia 1822 -- 1914 -- the love of liberty kept us free ; City-states of the Niger Delta ; The fall of southern Ghana ; Partition and conquest ; Collapse of independence -- Response and resistance to foreign rule 1900 -- 45: Colonial government (1): indirect rule and the chiefs ; Colonial government (2): the Western-educated elite ; The colonial economy ; Responses to colonialism (1): the early period ; Responses to colonialism (2): the inter-war years -- Independence regained 1945 -- 60: The independence movement ; From Gold Coast to Ghana ; Nigeria -- the path to independence ; French West Africa -- the path to independence -- Independent West Africa 1960 -- 78: Ghana since independence ; Nigeria since independence ; Sierra Leone, Gambia and Liberia ; French-speaking West Africa since independence ; West Africa and African unity. |
| Subject |
Africa, West -- History.
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West Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239521
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Boahen, A. Adu.
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Tidy, Michael.
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| ISBN |
0582603323 (pbk.) |
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9780582603325 (pbk.) |
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