Book of Donmon Teith

Introduction -- The Age of revolutions and the Atlantic World -- The origins of jihād in West Africa -- The jihād of Ô̂uthman dan Fodio in the central Bilā

In Jihād in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, a preeminent historian of Africa argues that scholars of the Americas and the Atlantic world have not gi

By the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for ce

Covers the history of the entire African continent, from prehistory to the present day A Companion to African History embraces the diverse regions, subject matt

This book addresses the Jihad movement that created the largest African state of the 19th century: the Sokoto Caliphate, existing for 99 years from 1804 until i