Themes in West Africa's History (Western African Studies)
 "The authoritative, up-to-date treatment of scholarship provides a valuable supplemental text.... Summing Up: Essential."—Choice"This edited volume is an exciting new West African history textbook that could be used effectively at both undergraduate and graduate levels.... Students will find the scholarship sophisticated but accessible, and admirably topical in the historical issues engaged."—African Studies Review“This collection allows students to be exposed to major issues in West African history and to see how scholars from different disciplines as well as from different continents understand this history.... This is a highly useful book, both for undergraduates and graduate students, while providing valuable reflections on research methods and themes in West African history that are of value to Africanist scholars as well.”—International Journal of African Historical Studies