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

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