1st Edition

Affairs of West Africa

By Edmund Dene Morel Copyright 1968

    First published in 1968. This volume includes an new introduction on the life of Edmond Morel and his work as a journalist in West Africa and champion of African rights as he stood up against the cruelty of the Leopoldian system in the Congo state.

    PART I, I. FIVE YEARS OF BRITISH TRADE WITH WESTERN AFRICA II. THE OLD AND THE NEW. III. THB REAL AND THE IDEAL IV. SOKE NECESSARY REFORMS PART II.-NIGERIA V. THE DISCOVERY OF NORTHERN NIGERIA VI. THE DISCOVERY OF NORTHERN NIGERIA-(cont.) • VII. THE HAUSAS AND THEIR EMPORIUM VIII. THE HAUSAB AND THEIR EMPORIUM-(cont.) IX. THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA X. THB ADMINISTRATION OF NORTHERN NIGERIA XI. THE FINANCES OF NIGERIA XII. MOHAMMBDANS, SLAVE-RAIDING AND DOMESTIC SERVITUDE XIII. THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS OF NIGERIA XIV. RUBBER-COLLECTING IN NIGERIA XV. THE FULANI IN NIGERIA XVI. THB FULANI IN WEST AFRICAN HISTORY XVII. ORIGIN OF THE FULANI PART III XVIII. SANITARY AFFAIRS IN WEST AFRICA By MAJOR RONALD Ross, C.B. XIX. LAND TENURE AND LABOUR IN WEST AFRICA XX. A COTTON INDUSTRY FOR WEST AFRICA XXI. THE MAHOGANY TRADE. XXII. ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA XXIII. ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA-(cont.) PART IV.-THE FRENCH IN WEST AFRICA XXIV. ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS IN WEST AFRICA XXV. TEN YEARS OF FRENCH ACTION IN WEST AFRICA XXVI. THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE FRENCH POSSESSIONS. XXVII. FRENCH AND BRITISH MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA PART V.-MONOPOLY IN WEST AFRICA XXVIII. THE CONCESSIONS REGIME IN FRENCH CONGO XXIX. INTERNATIONAL, INTERESTS AND MONOPOLY XXX. THE HISTORY OF THE CONGO STATE XXXI. THE DOMAINE PRIVE XXXII. THE TRADE OF THE CONGO STATE

    Biography

    Edmond Dene Morel critic, journalist, humanitarian, and author of Affairs of West Africa.