Ivor Wilks
Ivor G. Wilks (born 1928[1]) is a noted British Africanist and historian, with a specialism in Ghana.
Wilks is an authority on the Ashanti Empire in Ghana. He has also written on Chartism in Wales, and the working class movement in the nineteenth century. His work examines the nature of power and leadership, and the forms of collaboration and resistance.
Awards
ASA Distinguished Africanist Award 1998
References
- Wilks, I. 1961 The Northern Factor in Ashanti History. Legon: Institute of African Studies.
- Wilks, I., N. Levtzion & B. Haight. 1986. Chronicles from Gonja: A West African Tradition of Muslim Historiography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wilks, I. 1989 Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wilks, I. 2001 Akwamu 1640-1750: a Study of the Rise and Fall of a West African Empire. Department
of History. Trondheim: Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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