POWER AND STATE FORMATION IN WEST AFRICA. APPOLONIA FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

This book examines the history of the ancient Gold Coast in West Africa between the early sixteenth century and the second half of the eighteenth. It mainly focuses on the western extreme of the Gold Coast, the region known as Nzema, which today has been divided between Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The book examines the logic behind the manner in which political entities in the Nzema area were structured territorially, as well as the formation of ruling groups and aspects of their political, economic, and military actions.