Themes in West Africa's History 9780852559963, 0852559968
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Table of contents :
Cover
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Maps & Figures
Acknowledgements & Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Paths to a West African Past
1. The Holocene Prehistory of West Africa 10,000-1000 BP
2. Ecology & Culture in West Africa
3. Linguistics & History in West Africa
4. Oral Tradition & Perceptions of History from the Manding Peoples of West Africa
Part II: Perspectives on Environment, Society, Agency & Historical Change
5. Slavery & Slave Trade in West Africa 1450-1930
6. Class, Caste & Social Inequality in West African History
7. Religious Interactions in Pre-Twentieth Century West Africa
8. Poverty in Pre-Colonial & Colonial West Africa: Perception, Causes & Alleviation
9. Disease in West African History
10. Urbanization in Colonial & Post-Colonial West Africa
Part III: Understanding Contemporary West Africa through Religion & Political Economy
11. Commodities, Mercedes-Benz & Structural Adjustment: An Episode in West African Economic History
12. Ethnicity, Conflict & the State in Contemporary West Africa
13. Pentecostalism, Islam & Culture: New Religious Movements in West Africa
Index
Cover
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Maps & Figures
Acknowledgements & Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Paths to a West African Past
1. The Holocene Prehistory of West Africa 10,000-1000 BP
2. Ecology & Culture in West Africa
3. Linguistics & History in West Africa
4. Oral Tradition & Perceptions of History from the Manding Peoples of West Africa
Part II: Perspectives on Environment, Society, Agency & Historical Change
5. Slavery & Slave Trade in West Africa 1450-1930
6. Class, Caste & Social Inequality in West African History
7. Religious Interactions in Pre-Twentieth Century West Africa
8. Poverty in Pre-Colonial & Colonial West Africa: Perception, Causes & Alleviation
9. Disease in West African History
10. Urbanization in Colonial & Post-Colonial West Africa
Part III: Understanding Contemporary West Africa through Religion & Political Economy
11. Commodities, Mercedes-Benz & Structural Adjustment: An Episode in West African Economic History
12. Ethnicity, Conflict & the State in Contemporary West Africa
13. Pentecostalism, Islam & Culture: New Religious Movements in West Africa
Index
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