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Dr. Gustav Nachtigal (1834-1885): a contribution to the history of medicine in mid-nineteenth-century Africa by Larner, A J, Fisher, H J

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What's in a Name? the Almoravids of the Eleventh Century in the Western Sahara by Fisher, Humphrey J

“…The Almoravids were a militant Muslim reform movement in the southwestern Sahara in the 11th century. Their actions and origins have given rise to much debate…”
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Not Quite Venus from the Waves: The Almoravid Conquest of Ghana in the Modern Historiography of Western Africa by Masonen, Pekka, Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…The Almoravid conquest of ancient Ghana in 1076 AD is certainly among the most dramatic and controversial single events in the historiography of West Africa…”
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The Juggernaut's apologia: conversion to Islam in black Africa by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…Opening Paragraph This story begins with Robin Horton's thoughtful and stimulating article ‘African conversion’, published in Africa in 1971. My own…”
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Sudanese and Saharan Studies by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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Many deep baptisms: reflections on religious, chiefly Muslim, conversion in Black Africa by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…The primary purpose of this paper—apart from a personal concern to offer a token of affection and respect to a friend and colleague of many years’ standing—is…”
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Slavery and Seclusion in Northern Nigeria: A Further Note by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…The evidence supplied by Gustav Nachtigal and other sources on nineteenth-century Borno suggests, in contrast to the recent note of Gina Porter in this journal…”
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Conversion Reconsidered: Some Historical Aspects of Religious Conversion in Black Africa by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…This paper had its genesis in the recent thoughtful and stimulating article by Robin Horton, on African conversion; the core of his argument is summarized…”
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Early Arabic Sources and the Almoravid Conquest of Ghana by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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'He Swalloweth the Ground with Fierceness and Rage': The Horse in the Central Sudan. I. Its Introduction by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…This study of horses, mainly in the central Sudan, presents impressions rather than a complete survey of the evidence. At the time when written records for the…”
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‘He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage’ the horse in the Central Sudan II. Its use by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…Horses in themselves have little or no necessary military significance: in Part I of this article we saw how various quite unwarlike peoples possessed them. of…”
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Leo Africanus and the Songhay Conquest of Hausaland by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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NACHTIGAL'S COMPANIONS by FISHER, ALLAN G. B., FISHER, HUMPHREY J.

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Elections and Coups in Sierra Leone, 1967 by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…On St Patrick's Day 1967 Sierra Leone went to the polls to elect a new parliament. Four days later, on 21 March, Brigadier David Lansana, head of the Sierra…”
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Futa Jallon in 1794 by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…Journal of James Watt: Expedition to Timbo, Capital of the Fula Empire in 1794 edited by Bruce L. Mouser…”
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After the Jihad: The Reign of Aḥmad al-Kabīr in the Western Sudan by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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Religion, Development and African Identity by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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Prayer and Military Activity in the History of Muslim Africa South of the Sahara by Fisher, Humphrey J.

“…In the Islamic history of tropical Africa, prayer has often played an important, sometimes even a decisive, part. The functions of prayer may be ceremonial,…”
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Independency and Islam: The Nigerian Aladuras and some Muslim Comparisons by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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Population, Prosperity, and Poverty: Rural Kano 1900 and 1970 by Fisher, Humphrey J.

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