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Themes in West Africa's history.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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0821416405
Themes in West Africa's history.
Ed. by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong.
Ohio University Press
2006
323 pages
$49.95
Hardcover
Western African studies
DT475
Designed as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses, this volume provides a comprehensive historical overview of West Africa from a variety of thematic perspectives. The first section looks at West Africa's past through the ...
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