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African Rivers: History, Utilities, and Knowledge

African Rivers: History, Utilities, and Knowledge - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Toyin Falola, Victor AngbahPublish date:11/25/2025Pages:414
Language:EnglishPublisher:James CurreyISBN-13:9781847014405ISBN-10:1847014402UPC:9781847014405Book Category:Nature, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ecosystems & Habitats, Historical Geography, Human GeographyBook Topic:RiversSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.6623Product ID:SC5WFBF6E0

African Rivers: History, Utilities, and Knowledge

The Nile, Congo, Niger, Chad and Zambezi are names that evoke watershed periods in Africa's history. Yet, until now, scholars have paid little attention to Africa's riverine environment or how it has shaped the continent's civilizations.

African rivers are not only part of the ecosystem but also hold immense ecological, political, economic, and sociocultural significance. At the same time, there...
Language:EnglishPublisher:James CurreyISBN-13:9781847014405ISBN-10:1847014402UPC:9781847014405Book Category:Nature, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ecosystems & Habitats, Historical Geography, Human GeographyBook Topic:RiversSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.6623Product ID:SC5WFBF6E0
Falola, Toyin: - TOYIN FALOLA is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History and Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas, Austin, TX. He is the series editor of the University of Rochester Press' series Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora.Angbah, Victor: - VICTOR ANGBAH is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of...
Publisher: James Currey

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