Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin: The Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940

by Assan Sarr

Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African history. Documenting the impact of Islamization, the development of peanut production, and the institution of colonial rule on people living along the middle and lower Gambia River, the book shows how these waves of changes sweeping the region after 1850 altered local political and social arrangements, with important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580465692
• ISBN13: 9781580465694
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"