Encyclopedia of African history. Vol. 2 PDF
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN HISTORY BOARD OF ADVISORS Jacob F.Ade Ajayi Professor Emeritus, Department of History University of Ibadan, Nigeria David M.Anderson St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, England Guy Arnold Writer and lecturer, London, England A.Adu Boahen Professor Emeritus, Department of History University of Ghana Philip L.Bonner Department of History University of Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa Michael Brett Department of History School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch Laboratoire Sociétés en development dans l’espace et les temps Université de Paris VII-Denis Diderot, France John Fage† Centre for West African Studies, University of Birmingham Toyin Falola Department of History University of Texas, Austin Richard Gray Emeritus, University of London Mark Horton Department of Archaeology University of Bristol, England David Kiyaga-Mulindwa University of Makerere (Uganda) Nehemia Levtzion Department of History Hebrew University of Jerusalem Paul E.Lovejoy Department of History University of York, Toronto, Canada Mahmood Mamdani Department of Anthropology Columbia University, New York Shula Marks Professor Emeritus School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England John Middleton Suzanne Miers Professor Emeritus, Department of History Ohio University, Athens Malyn Newitt Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies King’s College (London, England) Bethwell A.Ogot Institute of Research and Postgraduate Studies Maseno University College, Kenya Roland Oliver Emeritus, University of London Jack D.Parson Department of Political Science College of Charleston, South Carolina Neil Parsons Department of History University of Botswana John Peel Department of Anthropology and Sociology School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England David W.Phillipson Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Cambridge, England Richard Rathbone Department of History School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England Andrew Roberts Emeritus, University of London Jan Vansina Professor Emeritus, Department of History University of Wisconsin-Madison Joseph O.Vogel Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Tom Young Department of Political Studies School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN HISTORY VOLUME 1 A-G Kevin Shillington, Editor Fitzroy Dearborn An Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group New York • London Published in 2005 by Fitzroy Dearborn Taylor & Francis Group 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Copyright © 2005 by Taylor & Francis Group, a Division of T&F Informa. Fitzroy Dearborn is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “ To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Encyclopedia of African history/Kevin Shillington, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57958-245-1 (alk. paper) 1. Africa— History—Encyclopedias. I. Shillington, Kevin. DT20.E53 2004 960’.03—dc22 2004016779 ISBN 0-203-48386-3 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-61947-1 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 1-57958-245-1 (Print Edition) CONTENTS List of Entries A-Z ix List of Entries: Thematic xxxv Introduction 1x 1 The Encyclopedia LIST OF ENTRIES A-Z (with chronological sublistings within nation/group categories) VOLUME 1 A ‘Abd Allah ibn Yasin: Almoravid: Sahara ‘Abd al-Mu’min: Almohad Empire, 1140–1269 ‘Abd al-Qadir ‘Abouh, Muhammad Abu Madian, al-Shadhili and the Spread of Sufism in the Maghrib Abuja Accra Achebe, Chinua Adal: Ibrahim, Ahmad ibn, Conflict with Ethiopia, 1526–1543 Addis Ababa African Development Bank Africanus, Leo Afrikaans and Afrikaner Nationalism, Nineteenth Century Aghlabid Amirate of Ifriqiya (800–909) Agriculture, Cash Crops, Food Security Ahidjo, Ahmadou Aid, International, NGOs and the State Air, Sultanate of Aja-Speaking Peoples: Aja, Fon, Ewe, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Aja-Speaking Peoples: Dahomey, Rise of, Seventeenth Century Akan and Asante: Farmers, Traders, and the Emergence of Akan States Akan States: Bono, Dankyira, Wassa, Akyem, Akwamu, Fante, Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries Akan States: Eighteenth Century Akhenaten Aksum, Kingdom of Alcohol: Popular Culture, Colonial Control Alexandria Alexandria and Early Christianity: Egypt Algeria: Algiers and Its Capture, 1815–1830 Algeria: Conquest and Resistance, 1831–1879
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