[PDF.87lz] On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa

On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| brilliant scholarship|By Eric J. Arnould|I wish I had the linguistic skills to write a similar book about the central Saharan trade, as Ms. Lydon does a great service in opening up the history of trade in the western side of the Sahara. Fascinating for the specialist and even for the casual reader of African history. A boost to what Eric Wolf famously called The People without| |"This superbly written and deftly organized book provides a vast array of information concerning the mechanics of caravanning across the Sahara in the nineteenth century, the commodities traded in that period among the region's tribes, and the participants in

This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade network system based on a case study of 'Berber' traders from the Wād Nūn region, who specialized in outfitting camel caravans in the nineteenth century. Through an examination of contracts, correspondence, fatwas and interviews with retired caravaners, Professor Lydon shows ho...

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