The Peoples of the Middle Niger

by Roderick J. McIntosh

Book Overview

The Peoples of the Middle Niger

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the peoples of the Middle Niger written by an English-speaking scholar. 'The Island of Gold' was the medieval Muslim and later European name for a fabled source of gold and other tropical riches. Although the floodplain of the Niger river lies far from the goldfields, the mosaic of peoples along the Middle Niger created a wealth of grain, fish, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631173617
• ISBN13: 9780631173618
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"