In the Niger Country

Benin The Surrounding Country, Inhabitant, Customs and Trade
1. Auflage 1968
ISBN: 978-0-7146-1791-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

First Published in 1968. This volume combines 'In the Niger Country' with 'Benin The Surrounding Country, Inhabitant, Customs and Trade'. Giving details and accounts of the regions and inhabitants, the Battle of Weima, Liberia, the Gold Coast, Salt and Gin trade, Lagos, and missionary influence to name a few.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bindloss, Harold

Pinnock, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

In early days; on the way to the Niger - Teneriffe and Sierra Leone; the battle of Weima; Liberia and the beaches of the Kroo country; the Gold Coast colony and Dahomey; Lagos and the Niger mouths; Akassa; the raiding of Akassa; a burnt village; the inland reaches of the Niger; in Forcados river; on the way to Warri; Warri; the slave-trade and the Ju-Ju system; at new Benin; new Benin; the rise and fall of Nana; Sapelli; down the Sapelli river; on the Brass river; a funeral in the delta; missionary influence; Bonny and Opobo; the opposite ends of the Niger; the evolution of the black trader and his merchandise; rubber-gathering; farewell to the Niger.

Über Autor(innen)

Harold Bindloss, James Pinnock