Power and state formation in west africa : appolonia from the sixteenth to the eighteenth ... century

Looks at the political and social history of the Gold Coast in West Africa from the early 16th century to the second half of the 18th. The book examines how political entities in Nzema were structured territorially, as well as the formation of ruling groups and aspects of their political, economic, and military actions. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-18 History and Identity....Pages 19-39 The Regional Landscape....Pages 41-57 Politics and Trade....Pages 59-91 Changes in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century....Pages 93-117 Warning Signs of a Shifting Balance....Pages 119-137 Big Men, Imperial Dynamics, and Local Powers....Pages 139-166 The New Maanle of Appolonia: Development of a Network....Pages 167-198 The Framework of Hegemony....Pages 199-219 Back Matter....Pages 221-317