Power and state formation in West Africa: Appolonia from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century

Looks at the political and social history of the Gold Coast in West Africa from the early 16th century to the second half of the 18th. The book examines how political entities in Nzema were structured territorially, as well as the formation of ruling groups and aspects of their political, economic, and military actions. PIERLUIGI VALSECCHI Professor of African History, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy. INDICE: History and Identity - The Regional Landscape - Politics and Trade - Changes in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century - Warning Signs of a Shifting Balance - Big Men, Imperial Dynamics, and Local Powers - The New Maanle of Appolonia - The Framework of Hegemony

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11776-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés