CHAPTER 4 THE YORUBA AND BENIN KINGDOMS

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1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. Foreword RECLAIMING ANCESTRAL NARRATIVES 7
4. INTRODUCTION KINGS, KINGSHIP AND KINGDOMS IN AFRICAN HISTORY 11
5. CHAPTER 1 ANCIENT EGYPT AND NUBIA KINGS OF FLOOD AND KINGS OF RAIN 29
6. CHAPTER 2 THE SUDANIC EMPIRES: THE GOLD, THE ARTS, THE RIVER 57
7. CHAPTER 3 THE SOLOMONIC CHRISTIAN KINGDOM OF ETHIOPIA 85
8. CHAPTER 4 THE YORUBA AND BENIN KINGDOMS 115
9. CHAPTER 5 THE KONGO KINGDOM 143
10. CHAPTER 6 BUGANDA 169
11. CHAPTER 7 FROM HAUSA KINGDOMS TO THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE 197
12. CHAPTER 8 THE AKAN FOREST KINGDOM OF ASANTE 223
13. CHAPTER 9 THE ZULU KINGDOM 253
14. NOTES 282
15. SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS 307
16. CONTRIBUTORS 308
17. INDEX 310