Topics in West African HistoryThis new edition of Topics in West African History has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the requirements of senior secondary and first year university students. This edition contains.-24 chapters cover the entire history of West Africa from the spread of Islam to the present day.-New maps illustrate the major themes of west African history.-Main political facts of Wet Africa since independence are summarized in an easy-to-remember table. |
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The Sudanese States and Empires | 1 |
List of Maps 1 TransSaharan trade routes | 6 |
Islam in West Africa | 11 |
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administration African agriculture al-Hajj Alafin Almoravids ancient Ghana areas army Asante Askia Mohammed became Benin British West Africa CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ capital caravan centres chiefs churches coastal colonial rule conquered conquest council coup CRUZ The University Dahomey dynasty economic eighteenth century elections emerged empire established ethnic European export factors French West Africa Fula Fulani Gambia gold groups Guinea Hausa Hausaland Igbo important independence industry Islam Ivory Coast Jenne jihad Kano king kingdom Kumasi leaders mainly Mali Malinke Mansa Musa military missionaries Muslim nationalist activities Niger Nigeria nineteenth century Nkrumah northern Nupe onwards organised oyo mesi palm oil parties political Portuguese produced provinces Qadiriyya region Sahara savanna scholars Secondly Senegal seventeenth Sierra Leone sixteenth century slave trade social Songhai Soninke Sudan Sunni Ali Susu Temne Timbuctu Togo towns trans-Saharan trade Union UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA villages Western Sudan Yoruba