Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire was written by Robin Walker, Siaf Millar & Saran Keita. Runoko Rashidi wrote the Afterword.
The book is the most detailed study of the Songhai Empire of West Africa ever written. The book asks:
Where was this Empire?
When did it thrive?
Who were its great statesmen?
How did the ordinary people live?
What levels of science and industry did it achieve?
Why did it fall?
6 x 9 inches
308 pages
70 maps and b & w illustrations, 53 colour illustrations
Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire
£20.00Price