Author: Sir Francis Fuller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136249702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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First published in 1921, this is a record of a dynasty which arose in Ashanti in 1695, lasting until 1895, when it fell under the extension of British rule.
Author: Sir Francis Charles Bernard Dudley Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ashanti
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Author: Sir Francis Charles Bernard Dudley Fuller
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 071461663X
Category : Ashanti
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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First published in 1921, this is a record of a dynasty which arose in Ashanti in 1695, lasting until 1895, when it fell under the extension of British rule.
Author: Sir Francis Fuller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136249621
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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First published in 1921, this is a record of a dynasty which arose in Ashanti in 1695, lasting until 1895, when it fell under the extension of British rule.
Author: Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451603738
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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For the first time, anthropologist Robert Edgerton tells the story of the Hundred-Year War—from 1807 to 1900, between the British Empire and the Asante Kingdom—from the Asante point of view. In 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his reception. A group of 5,000 Asante soldiers, many wearing immense caps topped with three foot eagle feathers and gold ram's horns, engulfed him with a "zeal bordering on phrensy," shooting muskets into the air. The envoy was escorted, as no fewer than 100 bands played, to the Asante king's palace and greeted by a tremendous throng of 30,000 noblemen and soldiers, bedecked with so much gold that his party had to avert their eyes to avoid the blinding glare. Some Asante elders wore gold ornaments so massive they had to be supported by attendants. But a criminal being lead to his execution - hands tied, ears severed, knives thrust through his cheeks and shoulder blades - was also paraded before them as a warning of what would befall malefactors. This first encounter set the stage for one of the longest and fiercest wars in all the European conquest of Africa. At its height, the Asante empire, on the Gold Coast of Africa in present-day Ghana, comprised three million people and had its own highly sophisticated social, political, and military institutions. Armed with European firearms, the tenacious and disciplined Asante army inflicted heavy casualties on advancing British troops, in some cases defeating them. They won the respect and admiration of British commanders, and displayed a unique willingness to adapt their traditional military tactics to counter superior British technology. Even well after a British fort had been established in Kumase, the Asante capital, the indigenous culture stubbornly resisted Europeanization, as long as the "golden stool," the sacred repository of royal power, remained in Asante hands. It was only after an entire century of fighting that resistance ultimately ceased.
Author: John Coleman De Graft-Johnson
Publisher: Black Classic Press
ISBN: 9780933121034
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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First published in 1954, a time when few books on African history were written from an African perspective. An intimate history of Africa and its ancient civilizations, the book opposed the stereotyped and often racist histories of Africa. Today, a half century after its initial publication, African Glory still provides a vivid and dynamic connection to the African past.
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270808
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1639
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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author: M. Epstein
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270662
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1531
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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author: Mortimer Epstein
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023027059X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author: J. Scott-Keltie
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270514
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1607
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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
