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West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century

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African political systems
Akyem Abuakwa
Bamenda Grassfields
Benin City
Birnin Gwari
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comparative analysis of West African kingdoms
Dahomey Kingdom
Dominique Zahan
E. M. Chilver
Earth Priest
Eastern Gonja
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family
indigenous governance structures
Ivor Wilks
Ivory Coast
J. Lombard
Jack Goody
Kenneth Little
kingship rituals and ideology
kinship
M. G. Smith
marriage
Medicine Shrines
Metropolitan Provinces
Mossi Kingdoms
Mossi State
Ndop Plain
Nigeria
nineteenth century African history
Oba's Palace
Oba’s Palace
Ogboni Cult
Osei Kwame
Osei Tutu
P. M. Kaberry
Palace Chiefs
Palace Officials
Peter Morton-Williams
precolonial state formation
pregnancy
Provincial Chief
R. E. Bradbury
rites
Royal Mausoleums
Ruling Estate
Terminal Divisions
tribute and trade networks
Vincent Monteil
Ward Heads
Yako
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138589452
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Apr 2020
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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.