Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Mansa Musa Mansa Musa Akbarali Thobhani xii, 175 p. : 23 cm OL17807518W
Kings and queens of West Africa Kings and queens of West Africa Sylviane A. Diouf A survey of the historical regions and kingdoms of West Africa including biographies of Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali (c. 1280-1337); Osei Tutu, King of Asante (c. 1660-1717); and Ndate Yalla Mbodj, Qu… OL18166743W
Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African history Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African history J. F. P. Hopkins,Nehemia Levtzion >This book makes available for the first time in English a comprehensive range of Arabic writings concerning West African history during those early centuries when the Arabs were still gathering and … OL18934636W
Ouidah Ouidah Robin C. Law "Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the 'Slave Coast'. This book deals … OL2165718W
The history of western Africa The history of western Africa Amy McKenna Economically lucrative for European slave traders and later for their colonial successors, the territories along Africa's Atlantic coast were forced to overcome great adversity before achieving auton… OL23266392W