num_pages: 240
description: This is a key text for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana). It is perhaps the earliest example of history writing in English by an African ruler. The result is an indispensably detailed account of the Asante monarchy from the seventeenth to thenineteenth centuries. Context is provided by the inclusion of other writings by or about Agyeman Prempeh, together with four introductory essays by the world's leading scholars of Asante history.
language: English
title: `The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself' and Other Writings, by Agyeman Prempeh
titlecomplete: `The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself' and Other Writings, by Agyeman Prempeh (Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History, 6)
genres: History
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Oxford University Press