General Editor's Preface
Preface
PART ONE: ARCHAEOLOGY
Introduction: Some Formulations on the Prehistory of West Africa
Processes of Coastal Evolution in West Africa During the Quaternary
The Status of Guinea Coast Paleoarchaeological Knowledge as Seen from Legon
Excavations at Rim, North-Central Upper Volta: A Paleo- ecological Study
The Origins and Domestication of Yams in Africa
The Kintampo Culture and Its Place in the Economic Prehistory of West Africa
Archaeological Data on the Origins of Cultivation in the Southwestern Sahara and Their Implications for West Africa
Comments on the Advent of Plant Cultivation in West Africa
History of Crops and Peoples in North Cameroon to A.D. 1900
The Sahara as a Center of Ceramic Dispersion in Northern Africa
Archaeology East of the Niger: A Review of Cultural-Historical Developments
The Ntereso Culture in Ghana
The Emergence of Iron Technology in West Africa, with Special Emphasis on the Nok Culture of Nigeria
The Geographic Distribution of Footed Bowls in the Upper and Middle Niger Region
Speculations on Functions of Some Prehistoric Archaeological Materials from Sierra Leone
PART TWO: HISTORY
Introduction: Research Trends in West African History
Prolegomena to the Study of the Culture History of the Igbo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria
An Ethnohistorical Reconstruction of Traditional Igbo Society
Old Akyem and the Origins of Akyems Abuakwa and Kotoku 1675-1775
Administration and Trade in the Akwamu Empire, 1681-1730
The Dynamics and Symbolism of Idoma Kingship
Gao and the Almoravids: A Hypothesis
Timbuktu: A Case Study of the Role of Legend in History
The Julas in Western Sudanese History: Long-Distance Traders and Developers of Resources
Slave Acquisition and Delivery in Precolonial Hausaland
Accommodation and Assimilation in the Landlord-Stranger Relationship
Some Paradoxes of Pacification: Senegal and France in the 1850's and 1860's
Changing Perspectives on African Resistance Movements and the Case of the Baule Peoples
Nation Building, Ethnicity, and the New Imperialism: Dilemmas of Political Development in Liberia
Long-Term Structural Change in the Economy of Central Niger
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects