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Bridges Across the Sahara - Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
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Bridges Across the Sahara - Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
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The objective of this edited book is to rethink the history of
colonial and nationalist categories and analyses of modern Africa
through an integration and examination of the African Saharan trade
as bridges that link the North, Central, and West regions of
Africa. Firstly, it offers a critique of the colonial, postcolonial
and nationalist historiographies, and also of current western
scholarship on northern and Saharan Africa especially Middle East
Studies and African Studies Associations. Secondly, it provides an
alternative narrative of the forgotten histories of the Sahara
trade as linkages between the North and the South of the Sahara.
The Sahara desert was seldom a barrier separating the northern,
middle and western parts of the continent. On the contrary, the
desert was and still constitutes a bridge of communication which
connects northern Africa, West Africa and the countries in the
southern Sahara. This connection was evident in the most important
cultural, economic and social relations. Two connecting routes or
bridges existed across the Sahara. First, the Hajj Routes from the
north west of Africa to the holy places in Arabia. Second, are the
trade routes between central and west Africa and the shores of
North Africa. These trans-Sahara trade routes extend from the East
Darb al-Arba'in in Egypt and Sudan to the far west borders of
Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco. Hence the ties between the
countries in North Africa and Wadai, Bornu, Kanim, Zender, Aer and
others existed since pre-historic eras. The origins began before
and were enhanced by the Islamic conquests and continued to present
day.
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