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Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through
its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African
history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to
slavery. This book considers commercial agriculture in Africa in
relation to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the institution of
slavery within Africa itself, from the beginnings of Afro-European
maritime trade in the fifteenth century to the early stages of
colonial rule in the twentieth century. For Europeans, the export
of agricultural produce represented a potential alternative to the
slave trade from the outset and there was recurrent interest in
establishing plantations in Africa or in purchasing crops from
African producers. This idea gained greater currency in the context
of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade from the late
eighteenth century onwards, when the promotion of commercial
agriculture in Africa was seen as a means of suppressing the slave
trade. Robin Law is Emeritus Professor of African History,
University of Stirling; Suzanne Schwarz is Professor of History,
University ofWorcester; Silke Strickrodt is a Visiting Research
Fellow in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the
University of Birmingham.
An innovative and valuable resource for understanding women's roles
in changing societies, this book brings together the history of
Africa, the Atlantic and gender before the 20th century. It
explores trade, slavery and migrationin the context of the
Euro-African encounter. HONORABLE MENTION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
REVIEW BEST AFRICA-FOCUSED ANTHOLOGY OR EDITED COLLECTION, 2019
While there have been studies of women's roles in African societies
and of Atlantic history, the role of women in Westand West Central
Africa during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and its
abolition remains relatively unexamined. This book brings together
scholars from Africa, North and South America and Europe to show,
for the first time,the ways in which African women participated in
economic, social and political spaces in Atlantic coast societies.
Focusing on diversity and change, and going beyond the study of
wealthy merchant women, the contributors examine the role of petty
traders and enslaved women in communities from Sierra Leone to
Benguela. They analyse how women in Africa used the opportunities
offered by relationships with European men, Christianity and
Atlantic commerce to negotiate their social and economic positions;
consider the limitations which early colonialism sought to impose
on women and the strategies they employed to overcome them; the
factors which fostered or restricted women's mobility,both
spatially and socially; and women's economic power and its
curtailment. Mariana P. Candido is an Associate Professor of
History at the University of Notre Dame; Adam Jones recently
retired as Professor of African History and Culture History at the
University of Leipzig. In association with The Institute for
Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters,
University of Notre Dame
Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through
its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African
history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to
slavery. This book considers commercial agriculture in Africa in
relation to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the institution of
slavery within Africa itself, from the beginnings of European
maritime trade in the fifteenth century to theearly stages of
colonial rule in the twentieth century. From the outset, the export
of agricultural produce from Africa represented a potential
alternative to the slave trade: although the predominant trend was
to transport enslaved Africans to the Americas to cultivate crops,
there was recurrent interest in the possibility of establishing
plantations in Africa to produce such crops, or to purchase them
from independent African producers. Thisidea gained greater
currency in the context of the movement for the abolition of the
slave trade from the late eighteenth century onwards, when the
promotion of commercial agriculture in Africa was seen as a means
of suppressing the slave trade. At the same time, the slave trade
itself stimulated commercial agriculture in Africa, to supply
provisions for slave-ships in the Middle Passage. Commercial
agriculture was also linked to slavery within Africa, since slaves
were widely employed there in agricultural production. Although
Abolitionists hoped that production of export crops in Africa would
be based on free labour, in practice it often employed enslaved
labour, so that slaveryin Africa persisted into the colonial
period. Robin Law is Emeritus Professor of African History,
University of Stirling; Suzanne Schwarz is Professor of History,
University of Worcester; Silke Strickrodt is Visiting Research
Fellow at the Department of African Studies and Anthropology,
University of Birmingham.
An innovative and valuable resource for understanding women's roles
in changing societies, this book brings together the history of
Africa, the Atlantic and gender before the 20th century. It
explores trade, slavery and migrationin the context of the
Euro-African encounter. HONORABLE MENTION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
REVIEW BEST AFRICA-FOCUSED ANTHOLOGY OR EDITED COLLECTION, 2019
While there have been studies of women's roles in African societies
and of Atlantic history, the role of women in Westand West Central
Africa during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and its
abolition remains relatively unexamined. This book brings together
scholars from Africa, North and South America and Europe to show,
for the first time,the ways in which African women participated in
economic, social and political spaces in Atlantic coast societies.
Focusing on diversity and change, and going beyond the study of
wealthy merchant women, the contributors examine the role of petty
traders and enslaved women in communities from Sierra Leone to
Benguela. They analyse how women in Africa used the opportunities
offered by relationships with European men, Christianity and
Atlantic commerce to negotiate their social and economic positions;
consider the limitations which early colonialism sought to impose
on women and the strategies they employed to overcome them; the
factors which fostered or restricted women's mobility,both
spatially and socially; and women's economic power and its
curtailment. Mariana P. Candido is an Associate Professor of
History at the University of Notre Dame; Adam Jones recently
retired as Professor of African History and Culture History at the
University of Leipzig. In association with The Institute for
Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters,
University of Notre Dame
A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among
Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth
century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural
change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of
the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years
later-a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound
insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu. A
stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society,
struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the
process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than
any previous historian of Africa into the records of England's
Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the
interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets,
and-most remarkably-the individual lives that give Making Money its
human scale. By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of
early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully
reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this
accessible book affirms Africa's crucial place in world history
during a transitional period, the early modern era.
PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY An innovative and valuable
resource for understanding women's roles in changing societies,
this book brings together the history of Africa, the Atlantic and
gender before the 20th century. It explores trade, slavery and
migration in the context of the Euro-African encounter. While there
have been studies of women's roles in African societies and of
Atlantic history, the role of women in West and West Central Africa
during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and its abolition
remains relatively unexamined. This book brings together scholars
from Africa, North and South America and Europe to show, for the
first time, the ways in which African women participated in
economic, social and political spaces in Atlantic coast societies.
Focusing on diversity and change, and going beyond the study of
wealthy merchant women, the contributors examine the role of petty
traders and enslaved women in communities from Sierra Leone to
Benguela. They analyse how women in Africa used the opportunities
offered by relationships with European men, Christianity and
Atlantic commerce to negotiate their social and economic positions;
consider the limitations which early colonialism sought to imposeon
women and the strategies they employed to overcome them; the
factors which fostered or restricted women's mobility, both
spatially and socially; and women's economic power and its
curtailment. Mariana P. Candido is an associate professor of
history at the University of Notre Dame; Adam Jones recently
retired as Professor of African History and Culture History at the
University of Leipzig. In association with The Institute for
theScholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters,
University of Notre Dame
A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among
Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth
century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural
change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of
the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years
later-a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound
insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu. A
stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society,
struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the
process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than
any previous historian of Africa into the records of England's
Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the
interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets,
and-most remarkably-the individual lives that give Making Money its
human scale. By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of
early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully
reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this
accessible book affirms Africa's crucial place in world history
during a transitional period, the early modern era.
In this holistic approach to the study of textiles and their
makers, Colleen Kriger charts the role cotton has played in
commercial, community, and labor settings in West Africa. By paying
close attention to the details of how people made, exchanged, and
wore cotton cloth from before industrialization in Europe to the
twentieth century, she is able to demonstrate some of the cultural
effects of Africa's long involvement in trading contacts with
Muslim societies and with Europe. Cloth in West African History
thus offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region and on
the local, regional, and global processes that shaped it. A variety
of readers will find its account and insights into the African past
and culture valuable, and will appreciate the connections made
between the local concerns of small-scale weavers in African
villages, the emergence of an indigenous textile industry, and its
integration into international networks.
In this holistic approach to the study of textiles and their
makers, Colleen Kriger charts the role cotton has played in
commercial, community, and labor settings in West Africa. By paying
close attention to the details of how people made, exchanged, and
wore cotton cloth from before industrialization in Europe to the
twentieth century, she is able to demonstrate some of the cultural
effects of Africa's long involvement in trading contacts with
Muslim societies and with Europe. Cloth in West African History
thus offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region and on
the local, regional, and global processes that shaped it. A variety
of readers will find its account and insights into the African past
and culture valuable, and will appreciate the connections made
between the local concerns of small-scale weavers in African
villages, the emergence of an indigenous textile industry, and its
integration into international networks.
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