'This is the latest of several highly influential volumes written by Graham Connah since 1975 (.) The book reports on a remarkable but still poorly researched category of artifact typical of the later cultural sequence in the Lake Chad region' Carlos Magnavita, African Archaeological Review, Volume 38, 2021'No research so far has focused specifically on these large, enigmatic, "So pots" which may be as much as 400 years old and are curated by local communities who have vague memories of their disappeared forbears. This is original and remarkable work.' Prof. Anne Haour, University of East Anglia'Connah has written the first book on what the famous So pot can tell us about the cultural history of pre-Islamic So people of northeastern Nigeria, and the practices of memory and identity by their postcolonial descendants. It is an excellent entry into the lives and times of a people who experienced drastic changes in the late sixteenth century as a result of the Borno Empire's expansion and the process of Islamization.' Prof. Akin Ogundiran, University of North Carolina'Graham Connah is an expert writer.
The book is a classic compendium and written in a way which makes it a piece of art in itself.' Prof. Detlef Gronenborn, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum.nd the process of Islamization.' Prof. Akin Ogundiran, University of North Carolina'Graham Connah is an expert writer. The book is a classic compendium and written in a way which makes it a piece of art in itself.' Prof.
Detlef Gronenborn, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum.nd the process of Islamization.' Prof. Akin Ogundiran, University of North Carolina'Graham Connah is an expert writer. The book is a classic compendium and written in a way which makes it a piece of art in itself.' Prof. Detlef Gronenborn, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum.nd the process of Islamization.
' Prof. Akin Ogundiran, University of North Carolina'Graham Connah is an expert writer. The book is a classic compendium and written in a way which makes it a piece of art in itself.' Prof. Detlef Gronenborn, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum.