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Themes in West Africa's history

Author: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University ; Oxford, England : James Currey ; Accra : Woeli Pub. Services, 2006.
Series: Western African studies.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Themes in West Africa's history.
Athens : Ohio University ; Oxford, England : James Currey ; Accra : Woeli Pub. Services, 2006
(OCoLC)745696019
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
ISBN: 0821416405 9780821416402 0821416413 9780821416419 9988626568 9789988626563 0852559968 9780852559963 085255995X 9780852559956
OCLC Number: 61303495
Description: xii, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: The Holocene prehistory of West Africa, 10,000-1000 BP / Susan Keech McIntosh --
Ecology & culture in West Africa / James L.A. Webb Jr --
Linguistics & history in West Africa / M.E. Kropp Dakubu --
Oral tradition & perceptions of history from the Manding peoples of West Africa / David C. Conrad --
Slavery & slave trade in West Africa, 1450-1930 / Patrick Manning --
Class, caste & social inequality in West African history / Ismail Rashid --
Religious interactions in pre-twentieth century West Africa / Pashington Obeng --
Poverty in pre-colonial & colonial West Africa : perception, causes & alleviation / Ogbu U. Kalu --
Disease in West African history / Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong --
Urbanization in colonial & post-colonial West Africa / Andreas Eckert --
Commodities, Mercedes-Benz & structural adjustment : an episode in West African economic history / Celestin Monga --
Ethnicity, conflict & the state in contemporary West Africa / Cyril K. Daddieh --
Pentecostalism, Islam & culture : new religious movements in West Africa / Brian Larkin & Birgit Meyer.
Series Title: Western African studies.
Responsibility: edited by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong.
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