Introduction: Diffusion and other Problems in the History of African States Professor James Giblin, Department of History, The University of Iowa A discussion of the following African States: Asante Benin Kingdom Luba and Kuba The Yoruba and the States of Ife and Oyo Introduction In the study of the African past, attributing innovation to outside origins and influences has been very common. Sometimes developments are said to be the work of people who came from outside Af ...

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A SELECTED LIST OF AFRICAN CULTURES These brief descriptions will give you some background information about the cultures that made many of the objects on Odyssey Online. We’ve tried to include information such as the name of the country where these cultures live (many of them overlap political boundaries), their population size, and general information about their history, how they make a living, or their religious beliefs. We have adapted these entries from several sources, including the ...

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The World of the Mande History, Art and Ritual In the Mande Culture Skip to the quick list The term Mande refers to a large family of languages spoken by a great number of West African ethnic groups and to the geographic areas that these groups occupy. Thus, the Mande diaspora is hardly a rigidly defined or static region. Its center lies between Bamako and Kouroussa, but it has spread out far into the neighboring areas, covering land in Burkina Faso, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leon ...