The practice of African medicine is ancient - the source, in fact, of a great deal of Western medical knowledge from the Middle Ages onward. Until the close of the nineteenth century, African and West Indian physicians were able to work freely to protect the health of Africans a…
The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition: ... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued…
Border regions are often considered to be the neglected margins. In this book, Paul Nugent argues that through a comparison of the Senegambia and the trans-Volta (Ghana/Togo), we can see that the geographical margins have shaped notional centres at least as much as the reverse. …
Border regions are often considered to be the neglected margins. In this book, Paul Nugent argues that through a comparison of the Senegambia and the trans-Volta (Ghana/Togo), we can see that the geographical margins have shaped notional centres at least as much as the reverse. …
Centering the margins: states, borderlands and communities -- Configurations of power in comparative perspective: commerce, people and belief to c.1880 -- Port cities, frontiers and boundaries: spatial lineages of the colonial state -- Constructing the compound, keeping the gate…
Border regions are often considered to be the neglected margins. In this book, Paul Nugent argues that through a comparison of the Senegambia and the trans-Volta (Ghana/Togo), we can see that the geographical margins have shaped notional centres at least as much as the reverse. …
"This book interrogates the extent to which regional civil society organisations have evolved as actors in West Africa. Examining civil society democratic participation in regional integration and involvement in regionalism of peacebuilding, it rethinks how we study civil societ…
Describes the history and customs of the Dogon, who live in Mali and Burkina Faso.
