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Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong (ed.), Themes in West Africa's History.(Book review)

Africa,  March, 2007  by Hargreaves, John

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EMMANUEL KWAKU AKYEAMPONG (ed.), Themes in West Africa's History. Oxford: James Currey (pb 16.95 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 995 X; hb 50.00 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 996 8); Athens: Ohio University Press (pb $24.95--0 8214 1641 3; hb $49.95--0 8214 1640 5); Accra: Woeli (pb price not stated--9988 626 56 8). 2006, 322 pp.

Although the editor describes this volume as a textbook of West African history for undergraduates and graduates it does not aim to supersede such well-proved surveys as those by Ajayi and Crowder, but to supplement them by essays on themes of continuing research ...

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