Open AccessBook Review: African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations
Author(s) -
Kristin Henrich
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.58.1.6848
Subject(s) - kingdom , encyclopedia , sophistication , colonialism , politics , history , anthropology , ancient history , genealogy , ethnology , sociology , political science , social science , archaeology , law , paleontology , biology
African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations succeeds in filling a gap in the literature by providing a centralized, concise, and accessible overview of ninety-one African kingdoms before the 1880s, focusing on how “states, kingdoms, and empires in precolonial Africa provide a clear window into the sophistication of African political, social, religious, and cultural institutions before the era of colonialism” (xi).