Publication Date: 27/08/2019 ISBN: 9780691196824 Category:

African Dominion

Michael Gomez

Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 27/08/2019 ISBN: 9780691196824 Category:
Paperback / Softback

£28.00

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A groundbreaking book that puts early and medieval West Africa on the map of global history

Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, Michael Gomez unveils a new vision of how categories of ethnicity, race, gender, and caste emerged in Africa and in global history. Focusing on the Savannah and Sahel region, Gomez traces how Islam’s growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire. A radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, African Dominion will be the standard work on the subject for years to come.

Publisher Review

"Winner of the ASA Book Prize (Herskovits), African Studies Association" "One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018" "Winner of the Martin A. Klein Prize, American Historical Association"

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