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Haut-Senegal-Niger, Vol. 2
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including local catalogs, Google Books, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no evidence of a complete or partial English translation of Maurice Delafosse's 1912 three-volume work 'Haut-Sénégal-Niger'. While Delafosse's later, condensed 1922 work 'Les Noirs de l'Afrique' was translated into English in 1931 as 'The Negroes of Africa: History and Culture', this does not constitute a translation of the original 1912 work. Therefore, the 1912 'Haut-Sénégal-Niger' remains untranslated in English.
Verified Mar 31, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Maurice Delafosse reconstructs the rise and fall of the great West African empires using oral tradition, linguistics, and geography. He challenges long-held myths about the locations and origins of states like Ghana, Mali, and Gao.