An in-depth study of the history of the upper coastal region of West Africa, discussing interaction between the Wolof, Serer, and Mende peoples and the European traders, as well as Freetown, a community of freed slaves in nineteenth-century Sierra Leone.
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Grade 8-Up?This problematic volume is rather like a book entitled France: The Netherlands. Unlike most of the other series entries, which deal either with one kingdom or a number of states sharing a single language, European-named Senegambia and Sierra Leone (Land of the Lion) are separated by the lands that make up the present-day Guineas, and neither was ever a unified African kingdom. Readers already familiar with African history will draw out commonalties to which Koslow alludes: the significance of village life, the welcoming of useful ethnic "strangers" into the margins of the local society, the centralizing role of increasing trade, the growth of reforming Islam. But these and other basic concepts are likely to be lost to readers wading through the succession of unfamiliar names and events. The confusion is confounded by the choice and placement of illustrations, with Guinean sculptures in a chapter on Senegambia and a delightful section of present-day Senegalese glass paintings within the chapter on early Sierra Leone. The index and glossary are thin. The maps omit crucial ecological features. A few inaccuracies crop up, but not major problems of fact or interpretation. Tijan M. Sallah's Wolof (Rosen, 1996) provides historical information on that key group in Senegambia.?Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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