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Pre-Colonial Era
Foundations of Power: Ndewura Jakpa, Mande Incursions, and the Genesis of the Gonja Kingdom in Northern Ghana
- Gonja Kingdom
- Ndewura Jakpa
- Mande Warriors
- Northern Ghana
- Savannah Region
- Pre-colonial States
- Chieftaincy
- Oral Traditions
- Trade Routes
- Ghanaian History
- Islam in Ghana
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Chapter 1
The Northern Ghanaian Landscape Before Gonja
An exploration of the diverse ethnic groups and decentralized political structures present in the Voltaic Basin prior to the Mande incursions, setting the stage for the rise of a centralized state.
Sources & References
- Wilks, Ivor. (1961). The Northern Factor in Ashanti History. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
- Goody, Jack. (1967). The Over-Kingdom of Gonja. In West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century, ed. Daryll Forde and P.M. Kaberry. Oxford University Press.
- Levtzion, Nehemia. (1968). Muslims and Chiefs in West Africa: A Study of Islam in the Middle Volta Basin in the Pre-Colonial Period. Clarendon Press.
- Staniland, Martin. (1975). The Lions of Dagbon: Political Change in Northern Ghana. Cambridge University Press.
- Lovejoy, Paul. (2000). Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa. Cambridge University Press.
- Wilks, Ivor. (1989). Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana. Cambridge University Press.
- Braimah, J.A. and Goody, Jack. (1967). Salaga: The Struggle for Power. Longmans.
- Encyclopaedia Africana. (2025). Jakpa, Sumaila Ndewura. encyclopaediaafricana.com.
