Home /

Thames & Hudson Ltd Great

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Thames & Hudson Ltd Great Kingdoms Of Africa

An essential overview of great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts. From the ancient Nile Valley to the savannas of medieval West Africa, the highlands of Ethiopia and on to the forests, lakes and grasslands to the south, African civilizations have given rise to some of the world’s most impressive kingdoms.Yet Africa’s history is often little known beyond the devastation wrought by the slave trade and European colonial rule.In this groundbreaking new book, nine leading historians of Africa take a fresh look at these great kingdoms and empires over five thousand years of recorded history. How was kingship forged in Africa and how did it operate?Was dynastic power maintained by consent or by coercion?Did kings – and queens – display and project that power for all to see, or did they hide it away, as beneath the fringed crowns that concealed the faces of sacred Yoruba rulers?In what ways have African peoples themselves recorded, celebrated and critiqued the deeds of their kings?Great Kingdoms of Africa explores some of the most important questions in the continent’s deep past. As elsewhere in the world, absolute monarchy in Africa has been on the wane in the modern era.Yet kingship continues to thrive within many present-day African nations, preserving deep-rooted ideas about culture, identity and sacred power.Presenting exciting developments in the understanding of how states and societies have interacted with each other across time, this book shows how powerful and sophisticated kingdoms have shaped the course of African history – and continue to do so in the present day.

from

£23.00

Buy now

Availablity: 2 - 4 working days

Free shipping & return for orders over $200

The Seventy Great Battles of All Time (Hardcover, 2005), Thames & Hudson Ltd, ..

from £20.00

By Continuing to use this site you confirm, your consent to us and our partners collecting data from you, using cookies to serve personalised ads, tailoring content to you and optimising the site itself. You can learn more about the collection and use of your data and to change your preferences at any time by seeing our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

Related products

The Seventy Great Battles of All Time (Hardcover, 2005), Thames & Hudson Ltd, ..

Thames & Hudson Ltd The Great Archaeologists

World of Islam (Great Civilization) by Thames & Hudson Ltd (Paperback, 1992)

Thames & Hudson Ltd The Great Wonders Of China

Great Cities Through Travellers' Eyes by Thames Hudson Ltd 97805

Thames & Hudson Ltd The Great Empires Of Asia