Through Fanteeland to Coomassie

Through Fanteeland to Coomassie
Author: Frederick Boyle
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2024-01-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368851861

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

The Cloth of Many Colored Silks

The Cloth of Many Colored Silks
Author: John O. Hunwick
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780810112995

A collection of essays honouring African scholar Ivor Wilks.

World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement

World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
Author: Robert P. Crease
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0393072983

Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. Crease traces the evolution of this international system from the use of flutes to measure distance in the dynasties of ancient China and figurines to weigh gold in West Africa to the creation of the French metric and British imperial systems.

Soldiers and Settlers in Africa

Soldiers and Settlers in Africa
Author: Stephen M. Miller
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004177515

This book revisits some of the most significant guerrilla struggles of the late 19th century, all set in Africa, and remind readers, in light of current events, the difficulties involved in engaging in this type of conflict.

Soldiers of Uncertain Rank

Soldiers of Uncertain Rank
Author: David Lambert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2024-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009464418

A cultural, military and imperial history of the Black soldiers of Britain's West India Regiments.

State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante

State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante
Author: T. C. McCaskie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2003-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521894326

A detailed and richly nuanced historical portrait of pre-colonial Asante.