Historical Dictionary of Niger

Fifth Edition

Rahmane Idrissa

Niger is a crossroad, the gate to the outside for West Africans, and the port of entry into West Africa for cross-Saharan tidings and travelers. It remained for centuries the largely uncontrolled periphery of the large empires of the western Sudan and the market cities of the central Sudan. In these two ways, the land forged a very distinctive identity, a fluid blend of diverse communities which make up a nation of marginal cosmopolitans – a paradox illuminated in this book.

This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of Niger contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Niger.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 642 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-5381-2014-9 • Hardback • February 2020 • $163.00 • (£127.00)

978-1-5381-6951-3 • Paperback • February 2022 • $53.00 • (£41.00)

978-1-5381-2015-6 • eBook • February 2020 • $154.50 • (£119.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa

Subjects: History / Africa / General, Reference / Dictionaries, History / Africa / West

Historical Dictionary of Niger

Fifth Edition

Hardback

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Niger is a crossroad, the gate to the outside for West Africans, and the port of entry into West Africa for cross-Saharan tidings and travelers. It remained for centuries the largely uncontrolled periphery of the large empires of the western Sudan and the market cities of the central Sudan. In these two ways, the land forged a very distinctive identity, a fluid blend of diverse communities which make up a nation of marginal cosmopolitans – a paradox illuminated in this book.

This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of Niger contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Niger.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 642 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-5381-2014-9 • Hardback • February 2020 • $163.00 • (£127.00)

978-1-5381-6951-3 • Paperback • February 2022 • $53.00 • (£41.00)

978-1-5381-2015-6 • eBook • February 2020 • $154.50 • (£119.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa

Subjects: History / Africa / General, Reference / Dictionaries, History / Africa / West

Author

Rahmane Idrissa is a political scientist based at the African Studies Centre of Leiden University. He is the author of The Politics of Islam in the Sahel. Between Persuasion and Violence (Routledge, 2017). He is currently working on a ‘Modern History of Niger’ and a study on the Songhay Empire.

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