The Egba and Their Neighbours 1842-1872
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 128 pages plus 4 maps, publisher's original dust jacket. Publisher's original gilt-lettered blue cloth covered boards. Saburi O. Biobaku’s important study of the Egba people of Yorubaland and the rise of Abeokuta as a major nineteenth-century West African center. Covering the years 1842–1872, the work examines Egba political, military, commercial, and religious relations with neighboring Yoruba groups, Dahomey, Christian missionaries, and British commercial interests. A concise but substantial scholarly account of mid-nineteenth-century Nigerian history, regional diplomacy, warfare, trade, and the formation of Egba power in southwestern Nigeria. A few tears, a chip, and some discoloration to the dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription, else in very good condition. Item #303
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