Historical Dictionary of Niger

by Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo

Book Overview

Niger is a crossroad, the gate to the outside for West Africans, and the port of entry into West Africa for cross-Saharan tidings and travelers. It remained for centuries the largely uncontrolled periphery of the large empires of the western Sudan and the market cities of the central Sudan. In these two ways, the land forged a very distinctive identity, a fluid blend of diverse communities which make up a nation of marginal cosmopolitans - a paradox...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538169517
• ISBN13: 9781538169513
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"