West African Studies

Contains important eye-witness accounts by English traders who had many years experience in the Delta area.

List of contents

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION, INTRODUCTION TO THIRD EDITION, CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY, CHAPTER II: SIERRA LEONE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, CHAPTER III: AFRICAN CHARACTERISTICS, CHAPTER IV: FISHING IN WEST AFRICA, CHAPTER V: FETISH, CHAPTER VI: SCHOOLS OF FETISH, CHAPTER VII: FETISH AND WITCHCRAFT, CHAPTER VIII: AFRICAN MEDICINE, CHAPTER IX: THE WITCH DOCTOR, CHAPTER X: EARLY TRADE IN WEST AFRICA, CHAPTER XI: FRENCH DISCOVERY OF WEST AFRICA, CHAPTER XII: COMMERCE IN WEST AFRICA, CHAPTER XIII: THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM, CHAPTER XIV: THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM IN WEST AFRICA, CHAPTER XV: MORE OF THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM, CHAPTER XVI: THE CLASH OF CULTURES, CHAPTER XVII: AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN, CHAPTER XVIII: AFRICAN PROPERTY, CHAPTER XIX: WEST AFRICAN PROPERTY, CHAPTER XX: AFRICAN RELIGION AND LAW, CHAPTER XXI: IMPERIALISM, CHAPTER XXII: IMPERIALISM IN WEST AFRICA, APPENDIX I: TRADE GOODS USED IN THE EARLY TRADE WITH AFRICA AS GIVEN BY BARBOT AND OTHER WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, APPENDIX II: AN EARLY AFRICAN VOYAGE, INDEX

About the author

Mary Kingsley

Product details

• Authors: Mary Kingsley, Kingsley Mary
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1964
• EAN: 9780714618234
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-1823-4
• No. of pages: 604
• Weight: 820 g
• Subjects: Guides; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Africa / West, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History, West Africa