BOOKS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The British Academy has decided to make books published before 2012 available in a free digital format through this website. The FHA committee has decided to work with colleagues to make high-quality searchable scans of these volumes. The first of these are now available on this page, and we will work to continue to make these available.
‘The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself’ and Other Writings
By Otumfuo, Nana Agyeman Prempeh I
Edited by E Akyeampong, Agyeman
The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself is a key text for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana)…
The English in West Africa, 1681-1683 (Part 1)
Edited by Robin Law
The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699.
The English in West Africa, 1685-1688 (Part 2)
Edited by Robin Law
The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England 1681-1699.
The English in West Africa, 1691-1699 (Part 3)
Edited by Robin Law
The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699.
Dahomey and the Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Edited by Robin Law
- Important original ocuments previously unpublished
- Includes source material both for study of anti-slavery efforts of the British Government and also for the study of the kingdom of Dahomey, West Africa
- Substantial editorial introduction and extensive notes
Treatise on the Rivers of Cuama
By Antonio da Conceicao
Edited and translated by Malyn Newitt
- New edition of this Portuguese text is accompanied by the first English translation
- Describes a formative period in the history of what is now Zimbabwe