The origins and structures of political institutions in pre-colonial Black Africa
Subtitle: dynastic monarchy, taxes and tributes, war and slavery, kinship and territory
By: Michal Tymowski ; with a foreword by Henri J.M. Claessen.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780773447189
Subjects: Blacks -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government; Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government; Political culture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History; State, The -- History; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The state : problems of terminology; title: The pre-colonial states of Africa : chronology and   geographical location; title: Characteristics of the formation of African states; title: Features of pre-colonial African states; title: The coexistence of states and non-state organisations; title: The state in pre-colonial Africa : issues and debates.