The Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War For Africa'S Gold Coast - Softcover
Telling the Asantes' story of their hundred-year war with the British Empire--from 1807 to 1900--a saga of massive resistance against overwhelming odds reveals a wealthy, sophisticated culture and balances our view of native African societies.
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Robert Edgerton, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of the department of anthropology at the University of California Los Angeles and the author of several books, including Like Lions They Fought, Sick Societies, and Warriors of the Rising Sun.
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An anthropologist documents and details the century-long conflict between the British and the Asante of Ghana. Between 1807 and 1900, the Asante army waged a host of large-scale battles and small skirmishes against the British occupiers in a fierce struggle to resist conquest and colonization. Despite the technical superiority of the British forces, the Asante fought bravely and tenaciously, becoming the only West African army to soundly defeat a European army on multiple occasions over a lengthy period of time. Edgerton examines the roots and the evolution of the hostilities, providing a cogent analysis of the wide social, cultural, and economic gulf that separated these two proud nations. Especially worthy of note are the illuminating facts testifying to the sophisticated nature of the Asante empire and the comprehensive outlines of the hotly contested military campaigns. Framed from the Asante point of view, this treatise provides a fascinating overview of a largely neglected episode in the European colonization of Africa. Margaret Flanagan
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