But kings were largely seen as being second to the gods. Most people in the Nigerian area in pre-colonial times worshipped a pantheon of gods in ascending hierarchy before the Almighty himself.

We investigate the role of deeply-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development within African countries. We combine information on the spatial distribution of ...

At times, during the pre-colonial era, conflicts forced those ... organised in the diaspora to react to oppression against black people around the world. It was meant to encourage the likes ...

We investigate jointly the importance of contemporary country-level institutional structures and local ethnic-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa.

A new study reveals evidence of sophisticated agriculture and animal management in pre-colonial Amazonia ... The Casarabe people also cultivated a variety of other crops, such as manioc, sweet ...