WEST AFRICA

This bold, challenging and celebratory new book accompanies a major exhibition at the British Library the first in the UK to explo re in such detail the vibrant cultural history of this complex and compelling region.The authors explain how West Africans have prof oundly shaped their own histories, focusing in particular on their profound and engaging literary culture, exploring the regions ce nturies-old written heritage alongside its even older oral traditions. The book ranges across a millennium of history, from the grea t empires ...[Read more]