Journal of West African History 2, No. 1 |
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Author:
| Achebe, Nwando |
Series title: | Journal of West African History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-68430-028-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
Publisher: | Michigan State University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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IN THIS ISSUE Editor's Note Nwando Achebe, A Good Habit that Lasts More than a Year May Turn into a Custom
Articles Pierluigi Valsecchi, "The Fall of Kaku Aka: Social and Political Change in the Mid-Nineteenth- Century Western Gold Coast" David E. Skinner, "The Influence of Islam in Sierra Leone History: Institutions, Practices, and Leadership" Erik S....
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Editor's Note
Nwando Achebe, A Good Habit that Lasts More than a Year May Turn into a Custom
Articles
Pierluigi Valsecchi, "The Fall of Kaku Aka: Social and Political Change in the Mid-Nineteenth- Century Western Gold Coast"
David E. Skinner, "The Influence of Islam in Sierra Leone History: Institutions, Practices, and Leadership"
Erik S. McDuffie, "'A New Day Has Dawned for the UNIA': Garveyism, the Diasporic Midwest, and West Africa, 1920-80"
Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, "Crime, Community, and Human Rights in Southeastern Nigeria, Then and Now"
Cheikh Anta Babou, "Negotiating the Boundaries of Power: Abdoulaye Wade, the Muridiyya, and State Politics in Senegal, 2000-2012"
Book Reviews
Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora, Reviewed by Dianna Bell
Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa, Reviewed by Ama Boakyewa
Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature, Reviewed by Joseph McLaren
Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana, Reviewed by James Lance
Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa, Reviewed by Lumumba H. Shabaka
Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana, Reviewed by Gavin Webb
The Problem of Slavery as History: A Global Approach, Reviewed by Daniel B. Domingues da Silva
When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism, and Politics in Colonial Nigeria, 1900-1958, Reviewed by Jaqueline-Bethel Mougoué