This is a survey of pre-colonial West Africa, written by the internationally respected author and journalist, Basil Davidson. He takes as his starting point his

This volume examines political life in the Kingdom of Dahomey, located in the Republic of Bénin.

Innovative study of the relations of the peoples of West Africa in the precolonial period.

A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global context Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, an

Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it