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Les fortifications endogènes au Sénégal Oriental (17ème–19ème siècle), written by Jacques Aymeric Nsangou

Les fortifications endogènes au Sénégal Oriental (17ème–19ème siècle), written by Jacques... Jacques Aymeric Nsangou, Les fortifications endogènes au Sénégal Oriental (17ème–19ème siècle). Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, 2022 (BAR International Series; 3081), 145 pp. £22.00. ISBN 978 1 40735 924 3 (e-book).Some twenty years ago, Graham Connah (2000) argued that fortifications and city walls constituted a key under-studied topic in African history. Over the past few decades, researchers have responded to Connah’s call and the situation is gradually improving but important gaps still remain. One such gap concerns the tata of the Senegambia and western Sudan. Tàta is a Manding word designating a fortified political and military centre across the area of the former Mali Empire and successor states, popularized in the written literature by 19th century French military officers, who were greatly impressed by these structures (Gallieni 1883; Meillassoux 1966). Tata are a complex phenomenon with a wide diversity of shapes, functions and construction techniques, ranging from rammed earth to mudbrick and stone. Over the past decade various studies of both individual tata and tata associated with various states (e.g., McDonald 2012 on Ségou or Canós-Donnay 2022 on Kaabu) have been published, but except for Thierno Ba’s 1985 Traditional Military Architecture in the Western Sudan, no global assessment of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of African Archaeology Brill

Les fortifications endogènes au Sénégal Oriental (17ème–19ème siècle), written by Jacques Aymeric Nsangou

Canós-Donnay, Sirio
Journal of African Archaeology , Volume 20 (2): 2 – Nov 14, 2022
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Jacques Aymeric Nsangou, Les fortifications endogènes au Sénégal Oriental (17ème–19ème siècle). Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, 2022 (BAR International Series; 3081), 145 pp. £22.00. ISBN 978 1 40735 924 3 (e-book).Some twenty years ago, Graham Connah (2000) argued that fortifications and city walls constituted a key under-studied topic in African history. Over the past few decades, researchers have responded to Connah’s call and the situation is gradually improving but important gaps still remain. One such gap concerns the tata of the Senegambia and western Sudan. Tàta is a Manding word designating a fortified political and military centre across the area of the former Mali Empire and successor states, popularized in the written literature by 19th century French military officers, who were greatly impressed by these structures (Gallieni 1883; Meillassoux 1966). Tata are a complex phenomenon with a wide diversity of shapes, functions and construction techniques, ranging from rammed earth to mudbrick and stone. Over the past decade various studies of both individual tata and tata associated with various states (e.g., McDonald 2012 on Ségou or Canós-Donnay 2022 on Kaabu) have been published, but except for Thierno Ba’s 1985 Traditional Military Architecture in the Western Sudan, no global assessment of the

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Published: Nov 14, 2022

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