Forts, Castles and Society in West Africa - Gold Coast and Dahomey, 1450-1960

This volume consists of multiple original comprehensive scholarship about and approaches to the history of the fortresses of Ghana and Benin. It suggests an alternative approach and view on them.

About the author

John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu, Ph.D. (2000), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Associate Professor of History (African and World) at NTNU. He has published a monograph, many articles and edited volumes, including (with Victoria Ellen Smith) Shadows of Empire in West Africa: New Perspectives on European fortifications (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2018
• EAN: 9789004380141
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38014-1
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: African History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918