Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
African Studies
ISBN-10
0521597609
ISBN-13
9780521597609
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 13th, 1997
Print length
388 Pages
Weight
612 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
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This authoritative study of 400 years of West African history is unrivalled in its grasp of a huge range of sources. Boubacar Barry explores the changing dynamics of regional authority, the colonial system and the slave trade, providing a vital tool for understanding the region's history.
Boubacar Barry is one of the leading figures in West African historiography. His authoritative study of 400 years of Senegambian history is unrivalled in its detailed grasp of published and unpublished materials. Taking as its subject the vast area covering the Senegal and Gambia river basins, this book explores the changing dynamics of regional and Atlantic trade, clashes between traditional African and emergent Muslim authorities, the colonial system and the slave trade, and current obstacles to the integration of the region's modern states. Professor Barry argues cogently for the integrity of the Senegambian region as a historical subject, and he forges a coherent narrative from the dismemberment and unification which characterised Senegambia's development from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This newly-translated study is a vital tool in our understanding of West African history.
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