In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou
Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus
the existence of West African merchants in urban America. In "Money
Has No Smell," Paul Stoller offers us a more complete portrait of
the complex lives of West African immigrants like Diallo, a
portrait based on years of research Stoller conducted on the
streets of New York City during the 1990s.
Blending fascinating ethnographic description with incisive social
analysis, Stoller shows how these savvy West African entrepreneurs
have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks,
in part through selling a simulated Africa to African Americans.
These and other networks set up by the traders, along with their
faith as devout Muslims, help them cope with the formidable state
regulations and personal challenges they face in America. As
Stoller demonstrates, the stories of these West African traders
illustrate and illuminate ongoing debates about globalization, the
informal economy, and the changing nature of American communities.
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