Isaac Samuel

Dan and Dangbe: a history of the serpent deities of the African Atlantic

Books and Articles on Nsibidi (Updated)

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The rural castles and fortifications of west Africa's Kassena and Bètammaribè.

Books and Articles on the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of west Africa

West Africa between Rome and medieval Mali: the pre-Islamic sites of Loropeni, Kissi, and Oursi in Burkina Faso.

Books and Articles on the Meroitic script of Kush.

Nubian priests in the ancient Roman world

Books and Articles on the intellectual history of Ethiopia & Eritrea

The war elephants of ancient Aksum and kush (ca. 300 BC- 600 CE)

Books and Articles on the intellectual history of East Africa

Life and works of Mtoro Bakari; a 'hidden founder' of African studies in Europe (1869-1927).

Books and Articles on the history of the Horse in the southern half of Africa

Cloth trade and production in the great textile belt of central Africa. ca. 1500-1900

Books and Articles for my critique of AJR's 'Why Nations Fail'.

The Guns of Benin: a history of firearms in the military systems and cultural traditions of the Benin kingdom. ca. 1514-1897.

Books and articles on the Textile Industry of the Sokoto empire

A 19th century African explorer across four continents; the life and travels of Mohammed Ali Ben Said from the kingdom Bornu through Asia and Europe to the United States ca. 1849-1860.

Books and Articles on the ancient city of Meroe

The pre-Aksumite civilization of Ethiopia and Eritrea ca. 1000 BC-50 CE

Books and articles on the medieval city of Zeila

An East African traveler's description of 19th century Germany.

Books and Articles on the history of Mombasa

On Africans exploring Africa:

Dynamics of gold trade and consumption in South-East Africa and the Swahili coast, and the historical links between Great zimbabwe, Sofala and Kilwa ca. 950 to 1820.

Books and Articles on the history of the stone ruins of South Africa

The Kimpasi religious society of Kongo: traditional beliefs in west-central Africa from the 17th to 20th century.

Books and Articles on the history of Iron technology in Africa

The stone ruins of Cameroon and the 16th century kingdom of Mandara

Books and Articles on the Kong empire

Themes in west African art: Cartography, Architecture, History, and Culture in the Graphic arts of the Bamum kingdom.

Books and articles on the ancient city of Gao in west Africa.

Historical links between West Africa and the Maghreb: diplomatic exchanges and the west African diaspora in north Africa, ca. 1200-1900.

Books and Articles on the precolonial kingdom of Darfur

An African description of Turn-of-the-century Europe and the intellectual history of the Buganda kingdom.

Books and Articles on the Ethiopia Muslim kingdoms of Ifat and Adal

The ancient coast of East Africa and the Roman world

Books and articles on the forgotten ruins of Botswana

An African traveler's description of pre-colonial south-central Africa.

Books and Articles on the history of the Mangbetu kingdom

the evolution of the Tutsi/Hima and Hutu/Iru dichotomy from the 17th century to 1962: state and ethnicity in Rwanda and Nkore.

Books and Articles on Africa's most famous woman scholar: Nana Asmau  

The indigenous and the foreign in Benin Art ca. 1500-1900CE.

Books and Articles on the 17th century philosophical treatise; Hatata.

The life and works of a west African mathematician in the diaspora: Muhammad al-Kashnāwī in 18th century Egypt

Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in Ethiopia during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Books and articles about the city of Brava (Barawa) a Swahili enclave in Somalia

The kingdom of Betsimisaraka and European pirates in 18th century Madagascar.

Books and articles on the Lozi kingdom of Zambia

The kingdom of Kongo's international relations and manuscripts in the 16th century