Download or read book Power and State Formation in West Africa written by and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the political and social history of the Gold Coast in West Africa from the early 16th century to the second half of the 18th. The book examines how political entities in Nzema were structured territorially, as well as the formation of ruling groups and aspects of their political, economic, and military actions.