For the first time, anthropologist Robert Edgerton tells the story of the Hundred-Year War—from 1807 to 1900, between the British Empire and the Asante Kingdo
In 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his reception. A group of 5,000 Asante soldiers, many wearing imme
For the first time, anthropologist Robert Edgerton tells the story of the Hundred-Year War--from 1807 to 1900, between the British Empire and the Asante Kingdom
This authoritative military history chronicles the significant but overlooked colonial wars between the British and the Asante of West Africa. Throughout the ni
Drawing on empirical and archival research, this ethnography is an exploration of the diversity and complexity of 'everyday' lived religion among Muslims in Gha