African Dominion
A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9391237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Gomez (0000-0002-5668-7177, corresponding author), Michael Gomez (0000-0002-5906-6819) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 520 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | African Dominion (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.23943/princeton/9780691196824.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4233601003 |
| Open Library | OL28283780M |
| ISBN | 9780691196824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
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, the book 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, the book 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, the book puts early and medieval West Africa on the map of global history
Ancient history · Archaeology · Caste · Dominion · Empire · Ethnic group · Genealogy · Geography · History of Islam · Islam · Political history · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · World history · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Africa · Slavery · West
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |