Landlords And Strangers: Ecology, Society, And Trade In Western Africa, 1000-1630

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Participants included scholars, government officials, and journalists from European and American countries ranging from Finland to Argentina. This volume contains the papers presented. The viewpoints represent those who favor a negotiated settlement through the Contadora process, those who espouse the policies of the Reagan administration, and thos Cover Half Title Series Page Title Copyright Contents List of Tables and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE WESTERN AFRICA: THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING Rainfall Patterns and Ecological Zones Ecological and Epidemiological Factors CHAPTER TWO LANGUAGE GROUPS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS Language Groups and Linguistic Relationships Social and Cultural Paradigms CHAPTER THREE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN AFRICAN COMMERCIAL NETWORKS: AN OVERVIEW CHAPTER FOUR MANDE CARAVAN ROUTES LINKING SENEGAMBIA, THE UPPER GUINEA COAST, AND THE MALAGUETTA COAST Mande Trade Networks Mande Smiths and the Founding of Power Associations Among Host Societies CHAPTER FIVE BIAFADA-SAPI, BANYUN-BAK, AND KRUAN COASTWISE AND RIVERINE NETWORKS The Biafada-Sapi Network The Banyun-Bak Network The Kruan Network CHAPTER SIX THE ERA OF MANDEKALU HORSE WARRIORS AND STATE BUILDING Mandekan Languages and Mandekalu Social and Cultural Attributes Mandekalu Conquests Among Mande, West Atlantic, and Gur Groups Horse Warriors and Power Associations The Expanding Influence of Islam CHAPTER SEVEN EUROPEAN VOYAGES OF RECONNAISSANCE AND THE INAUGURATION OF NEW TRADING RELATIONSHIPS Prelude to Portuguese Expeditions to Western Africa Portuguese Voyages and Commercial Initiatives, 1440s-1490s African Landlords and the Co-option of European Strangers On the First Half Century of Western African-European Contacts CHAPTER EIGHT THE CABO VERDE ARCHIPELAGOWESTERN AFRICA NEXUS Colonization of the Cabo Verde Archipelago and Early Commercial Patterns Cabo Verde's Expanding Role in Western African Commerce Cabo Verdeari Economic, Social, and Cultural Patterns CHAPTER NINE AFRICAN LANDLORDS AND COMPETING EUROPEAN AND CABO VERDEAN STRANGERS, C. 1500-C. 1630 Ecological Changes and Their Ramifications Commercial Patterns During the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries Cabo Verde and Western Africa During the "Portuguese Captivity" (1580-1640) Langados and Luso-Africans as Commercial and Cultural Brokers CHAPTER TEN SENEGAMBIA AND THE BANYUN-BAK COMMERCIAL SPHERE Senegal River and the Petite Côte Gambia River, c. 1500-c. 1550 Casamance River, c. 1500-c. 1530 Cacheu River Gambia River, c. 1550-c. 1630 CHAPTER ELEVEN THE BIAFADA-SAPI AND KRUAN TRADE NETWORKS Geba-Graride-Bissagos Grande River to Iles de Los, 1480S-c. 1580 Iles de Los to Cape Mount During the First Half of the Sixteenth Century The Malaguetta Coast During the First Half of the Sixteenth Century Mani and Mani-Sumba Migrations and Their Consequences The Era of Mani-Sumba Rule of Cape Mount and Serra Leoa Appendix A: Isohyets and Ecological Zones Appendix B: A Note on Sources References About the Book and Author Index