Ecology and ethnography of Muslim trade in West Africa /

Ecology and ethnography of Muslim trade in West Africa / Paul E. Lovejoy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lovejoy, Paul E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Merchants > Africa, West > History.
Muslims > Africa, West > History.
Commerce.
Economic history.
Merchants.
Muslims.
Social conditions.
Africa, West > Commerce > History.
Africa, West > Economic conditions.
Africa, West > Social conditions.
Africa, West.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Ecology and trade in West Africa
  • The desert-side economy of the Central Sudan
  • The Borno salt industry
  • Kola in the history of West Africa
  • Wangara merchants in the Central Sudan in the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Islam and the 19th century Hausa kola trade
  • The Kambarin Beriberi, a specialized group of hausa kola traders
  • Gradations in servility at the desert edge
  • Merchants, porters, and teamsters in the Central Sudan
  • Trade between Salaga and Kano in the nineteenth century
  • Currency and commodities in the regional trade of the Central Sudan
  • The trans-Saharan trade and the salt trade compared.

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