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A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan With an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria

A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan With an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria

Flora L Shaw

Paperback

African HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 935360351X
ISBN13: 9789353603519
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 25 2019
Pages: 524
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before borders and protectorates, there were caravan cities, desert empires, and long memories. The past was not simple. A foundational west african history book and colonial africa history classic, Flora L. Shaw's A Tropical Dependency explores the deep story of the Western Soudan, where Islam, indigenous powers, and commerce shaped a vast interior world. Written from within the early nigeria colonial administration, Shaw follows the long arc of western soudan history, from the great kingdoms of precolonial west africa to the formal creation of the northern nigeria protectorate. Along the trans saharan trade routes, she traces connections between Sahelian courts, North African centres of learning, and the Atlantic coast, revealing how ideas, goods, and imperial ambitions moved across continents. Long valued as an african colonial studies text and a touchstone in british colonial africa studies, this narrative offers a rare, revealing window into how empire understood Africa and itself. As both period document and literary work, it speaks to anyone interested in nigeria colonial administration, for african history students seeking context, for postcolonial studies readers examining the imperial gaze, and for collectors drawn to classic scholarship. It remains a rich african history study resource for understanding continuity and change across centuries. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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