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Chronicles From Gonja: A Tradition of West African Muslim Historiography (African Studies)
Chronicles From Gonja A Tradition of West African Muslim Historiography - African Studies
Author: Ivor Wilks, Nehemia Levtzion, Bruce M Haight
The old kingdom of Gonja, founded by immigrant horsemen of Malian origins in the mid-sixteenth century, lies in the north of the Republic of Ghana. Historians of Gonja are fortunate in having access to chronicles of local authorship, written in Arabic. This book traces the development of that historiographical tradition and shows that by the ear...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521260411
ISBN-10: 0521260418
Publication Date: 3/27/1987
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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