1st Edition
Caravans of the Old Sahara An Introduction to the History of the Western Sudan
Since publication in 1957 the importance of Bohannan's study of judicial institutions and procedures among the Tiv has been widely recognized. It has contributed widely to the continuing discussion concerning the objectives and methods to be followed in the anthropological study of law and the contribution this makes to comparative jurisprudence. the work describes and defines Tiv ideas of 'law' as expressed in the operations of their courts known as Jir. The analysis is based on and illustrated by numerous cases which the author attended and discussed with leaders in the Jir.
1. The Sahara
2. Africa Antiqua
3. Races of Man
4. Medieval Arabic Writers
5. The Almoravids
6. Ghana
7. Mali
8. The Rise of the Songhai Empire
9. The Askias
10. Leo Africanus
11. The Crescent and the Cross
12. The Quest for Gold
13. The Sea of Darkness
14. The Moorish Invasion
15. The Fall of the Songhai Empire
16. El Dzehebi
17. The Later Pashas
18. The Veil
19. The Niger Quest
20. The Sokoto Fulani
21. The Lifting of the Veil
22. The Great Caravans
23. Shepherd Kings
Biography
E. W. Bovill