African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

Synopsis

Part I. Early Sahel And Savannah -- Prologue -- The Middle Niger In Pre-antiquity And Global Context -- Early Gao -- The Kingdoms Of Ghana: Reform Along The Senegal River -- Slavery And Race Imagined In Bilad As-sudan -- Part Ii. Imperial Mali -- The Meanings Of Sunjata And The Dawn Of Imperial Mali -- Mansa Musa And Global Mali -- Intrigue, Islam, And Ibn Baṭṭuṭa -- Part Iii. Imperial Songhay -- Sunni 'ali And The Reinvention Of Songhay -- The Sunni And The Scholars: A Tale Of Revenge -- Renaissance: The Age Of Askia Al-Ḥajj Muḥammad -- Of Clerics And Concubines -- Part Iv. Le Dernier De L'empire -- Of Fitnas And Fratricide: The Nadir Of Imperial Songhay -- Surfeit And Stability: The Era Of Askia Dawud -- The Rending Asunder: Dominion's End -- Epilogue: A Thousand Years. Michael A. Gomez. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.