Credit, Currencies and Culture
Subtitle: African Financial Institutions in Historical Perspective
Contributors: Endre Stiansen (Editor); Jane I Guyer (Editor)
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Published: February 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9789171064424
Subjects: Banking; Economics; History; International - General; Credit; Economic Integration; Money & Monetary Policy; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Africa; Economic History; Banks & Banking; Social Science / Third World Development; Money; Financial institutions
First sentence: The operation of credit in pre-colonial West Africa has not attracted much in the way of detailed study.