This authoritative study of 400 years of Senegambian history is unrivaled in its detailed grasp of published and unpublished materials. Taking as his subject the vast area covering the Senegal and Gambia river basins, Boubacar Barry explores the changing dynamics of regional trade, clashes between African and Muslim authorities, the colonial system and the slave trade. This newly-translated book is a vital tool in our understanding of West African history.
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"Originally published in French in 1988 by this exile from Guinea living in Senegal, Barry's account of the `geopolitical dismemberment' of the west African region that encompasses six contemporary states is encyclopedic in its details of the political history of the communities involved." R. T. Brown, Choice
"The author sheds more light and gives an extended analysis on the statistical data of the Atlantic slave trade.... ...the book will be an important resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses, not only for African history, but also for the Atlantic societies and economies." Canadian Jrnl of History
"Exhibiting a thorough knowledge of the history of the region, the author narrates the extraordinary complexity and mobility of its population, particularly migrations, and the rise and demise of numerous states and rulers." Johannes Postma, The Historian
"The author sheds more light and gives an extended analysis on the statistical data of the Atlantic slave trade.... ...the book will be an important resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses, not only for African history, but also for the Atlantic societies and economies." Canadian Jrnl of History
"Exhibiting a thorough knowledge of the history of the region, the author narrates the extraordinary complexity and mobility of its population, particularly migrations, and the rise and demise of numerous states and rulers." Johannes Postma, The Historian
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This authoritative study of 400 years of Senegambian history is unrivalled in its detailed grasp of published and unpublished materials. Taking as his subject the vast area covering the Senegal and Gambia river basins, Boubacar Barry explores the changing dynamics of regional trade, clashes between African and Muslim authorities, the colonial system and the slave trade. This newly-translated book is a vital tool in our understanding of West African history.
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Un execelente libro pasa conocer sobre la trata de esclavos de esa parte de Africa. Mayormente desde la perperstiva desde el mundo africanos.
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A defining feature of the Senegambian zone is its geographical location between the Senegal and the Gambia Rivers, far from the Niger Bend. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
marabout movement, ceddo regimes, contraband slave trading, ceddo power, ceddo aristocracy, legitimist rulers, waalo land, ceddo warriors, peanut trade, reigning aristocracies, gum trade, peanut farming, peanut exports, peanut production, gum trading, population drain, central regime, slaving vessels, provincial chiefs, traite des esclaves, political dismemberment, trading circuits, alternating terms, legitimate trade, plantation scheme Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Futa Jallon, Southern Rivers, Futa Toro, Shaykh Umar, Rio Nunez, Rio Pongo, Musa Molo, Lat Joor, Abdul Bokar Kane, Sierra Leone, Maba Jaakhu, Bokar Biro, Amadu Seekhu, Alburi Njaay, Mamadu Lamin, Abdul Kader, Nasir Al Din, Lat Sukaabe Faal, Rio Geba, Rio Cacheu, French Guinea, Ibrahima Sori Dongolfella, Cape Verde, New World, Rio Grande New!
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A defining feature of the Senegambian zone is its geographical location between the Senegal and the Gambia Rivers, far from the Niger Bend. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
marabout movement, ceddo regimes, contraband slave trading, ceddo power, ceddo aristocracy, legitimist rulers, waalo land, ceddo warriors, peanut trade, reigning aristocracies, gum trade, peanut farming, peanut exports, peanut production, gum trading, population drain, central regime, slaving vessels, provincial chiefs, traite des esclaves, political dismemberment, trading circuits, alternating terms, legitimate trade, plantation scheme Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Futa Jallon, Southern Rivers, Futa Toro, Shaykh Umar, Rio Nunez, Rio Pongo, Musa Molo, Lat Joor, Abdul Bokar Kane, Sierra Leone, Maba Jaakhu, Bokar Biro, Amadu Seekhu, Alburi Njaay, Mamadu Lamin, Abdul Kader, Nasir Al Din, Lat Sukaabe Faal, Rio Geba, Rio Cacheu, French Guinea, Ibrahima Sori Dongolfella, Cape Verde, New World, Rio Grande New!
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- African History: From Earliest Times to Independence by Philip Curtin on 7 pages
- Mandingo Kingdoms of the Senegambia: Traditionalism, Islam and European Expansion by Charlotte A. Quinn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Atlantic Slave Trade (New Approaches to the Americas) by Herbert S. Klein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A South African Kingdom: The Pursuit of Security in Nineteenth-Century Lesotho (African Studies) by Elizabeth A. Eldredge in Back Matter
- Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in Victorian Cape Town (African Studies) by Vivian Bickford-Smith in Back Matter
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- Themes in West Africa's History (Western African Studies) by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong on 5 pages
- Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas by Judith A. Carney in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Laboring Women: Reproduction and Gender in New World Slavery (Early American Studies) by Jennifer L. Morgan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Paths Of Accommodation: Muslim Societies & French Colonial Authorities (Western African Studies) by David Robinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833 (Religion in America Life) by John Saillant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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