Ecology and ethnography of Muslim trade in West Africa
By: Paul E. Lovejoy.
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Merchants -- Africa, West -- History; Muslims -- Africa, West -- History; Africa, West -- Commerce -- History; Africa, West -- Economic conditions; Africa, West -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ecology and trade in West Africa; title: The desert-side economy of the Central Sudan; title: The Borno salt industry; title: Kola in the history of West Africa; title: Wangara merchants in the Central Sudan in the 15th and 16th centuries; title: Islam and the 19th century Hausa kola trade; title: The Kambarin Beriberi, a specialized group of hausa kola traders; title: Gradations in servility at the desert edge; title: Merchants, porters, and teamsters in the Central Sudan; title: Trade between Salaga and Kano in the nineteenth century; title: Currency and commodities in the regional trade of the Central Sudan; title: Trans-Saharan trade and the salt trade compared.