num_pages: 198
description: This work deals with those forces, which, at the end of the 19th century in the Senegambian region of West Africa, combined to reshape the indigenous societies. The factors of change included the abolition of the slave trade; new emphasis on legitimate commerce; and efforts to colonize Africa.
language: English
title: Ominous Transition: Commerce and Colonial Expansion in the Senegambia and Guinea, 1857-1919
titlecomplete: Ominous Transition: Commerce and Colonial Expansion in the Senegambia and Guinea, 1857-1919 (Making of Modern Africa)
publisher: Avebury