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The Ọyọ Empire, c.1600-c.1836: a West African imperialism in the era of the Atlantic slave trade

Law, Robin.

Year: 1991.

Publisher: Gregg Revivals.

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Frontmatter

List of Maps

Abbreviations

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PART I. PROLEGOMENA

1. Introduction

2. The Sources

3. The Early History of Oyo

PART II. THE OYO EMPIRE (c. 1600-c. 1790)

4. The Imperial Period: A Chronological Framework

5. The Capital

6. The Oyo Kingdom

7. The Heritage of Oduduwa: the Oyo Hegemony in Yorubaland

8. Tributaries in the North and West

9. The Army

10. The Economics of Empire

11. Retrospect: the Rise of the Oyo Empire

PART III. THE FALL OF THE OYO EMPIRE (c. 1790-c. 1836)

12. Collapse at the Centre (c. 1790-c. 1823)

13. Disintegration at the Periphery

14. The Fall of Oyo (c. 1823-c. 1836)

PART IV. EPILEGOMENA

15. Comparisons

Appendix: Sources and Bibliography

Index

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Title:

The Ọyọ Empire, c.1600-c.1836 : a West African imperialism in the era of the Atlantic slave trade by Robin Law.

Author:

Law, Robin

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The Ọyọ Empire, c.1600-c.1836 : a West African imperialism in the era of the Atlantic slave trade by Robin Law.
Law, Robin
Aldershot, England: Gregg Revivals, 1991.

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Subject Headings:

• Yoruba (African people) -- History
• Slave trade -- Nigeria
• Slave trade -- Africa, West
• Oyo Empire

Notes:

• Originally presented as the author's thesis, Birmingham, 1971.
• Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1977.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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