- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (Aug 7 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 058231853X
- ISBN-13: 978-0582318533
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 422 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,555,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is an unusually compelling and impressive history of the cultures, societies and polities of a major region of the world before the advent of formal colonial rule."An immensely valuable introduction to the pre-colonial history of West Africa [...] which deserves to be widely earmarked as essential by the drafters of reading lists." English historical review, 1999
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This is a survey of pre-colonial West Africa, written by the internationally respected author and journalist, Basil Davidson. He takes as his starting point his successful text A History of West Africa 1000-1800, but he has reworked his new text specially for a wider international readership. In the process he offers a fascinating introduction to the rich societies and cultures of Africa before the coming of the Europeans.
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This review is from: West Africa before the Colonial Era: A History to 1850 (Paperback)
If you're a history buff, student of history, Basil Davidson is an excellent resource on the African Continent. I'm rarely disappointed.
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