{"product_id":"west-african-challenge-to-empire-mahir-saul-9780821414132","title":"West African Challenge to Empire: Culture and History in the Volta-Bani Anticolonial War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest African Challenge to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e examines the anticolonial war in the Volta and Bani region in 1915-16. It was the largest challenge that the French ever faced in their West African colonial empire, and one of the largest armed oppositions to colonialism anywhere in Africa. How such a movement could be organized in the face of European technological superiority despite the fact that this region is generally described as having consisted of rival villages and descent groups is a puzzle. In this jointly written book the two authors provide a detailed political and military history of this event based on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork. Using cultural and sociological analysis, it probes the origins of the movement, its internal organization, its strategy, and the reasons for its initial success and why it spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2001 the authors of \u003ci\u003eWest African Challenge to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e were awarded the \u003ci\u003eAmaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology by the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahir Saul, Patrick Royer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821414135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821414132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.46w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 161","brand":"Mahir Saul","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962039193855,"sku":"9780821414132","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0beeb77b-2527-4bad-b16a-e4700cc061a0.jpg?v=1750649136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/west-african-challenge-to-empire-mahir-saul-9780821414132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}