A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
Book by Toby Green
By the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. ... Google Books
Originally published: January 31, 2019
Author: Toby Green
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The book A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution, Toby Green is published by University of Chicago Press.
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With A Fistful of Shells, Toby Green transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa by reconstructing the world of these kingdoms, which revolved around ...
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Mar 5, 2021 · Green shows how the slave trade led to economic disparities that caused African kingdoms to lose relative political and economic power. The ...
Mar 8, 2019 · In A Fistful of Shells, the historian Toby Green dismantles the racist myth of west African “backwardness”. He shows that the inequalities that ...
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This almost decade long researched book discusses development of the slave trade but more importantly the long multi cultural, global interaction between the ...
A fistful of shells : West Africa from the rise of the slave trade to the age of revolution (Book) ; Bibliography. Includes bibliographical references (pages 477 ...
Based on archival research in 9 countries, and fieldwork research in 8 West African countries, it offers a new perspective on West Africa's relationship to ...
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A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution · Paperback(First Edition) · $22.50.
A Fistful of Shells draws not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, on art, praise-singers, oral history, archaeology, letter ...
