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

Author/creator Lovejoy, Paul E.
Format Book
Publication InfoTrenton, NJ : Africa World Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiii, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Merchants--Africa, West. --History.
Muslims--Africa, West. --History.
Africa, West--Commerce. --History.
Africa, West--Economic conditions.
Africa, West--Social conditions.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [369]-397) and index.
LCCN 2005023664
ISBN1592214258 (cloth)
ISBN1592214266 (pbk.)