Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa

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Type	SOURCE_BOOK
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (US)
ISBN-13	9780511921032
Open Library	OL15951633W
Total publications	10
Coverage period	2012 - 2012
Language	EN

This volume examines the archaeology of precolonial West African societies in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using historical and archaeological perspectives on landscape, this collection of essays sheds light on how involvement in the commercial revolutions of the early modern period dramatically reshaped the regional contours of political organization across West Africa. The essays examine how social and political transformations occurred at the regional level by exploring regional economic networks, population shifts, cultural values and ideologies. The book demonstrates the importance of anthropological insights not only to the broad political history of West Africa, but also to an understanding of political culture as a form of meaningful social practice

Archaeology · Political Culture · Social Science · Social structure

The Rise of the Bassar Chiefdom in the Context of Africa's Internal Frontier
Open AccessPhilip De BarrosCHAPTER2012
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Political Transformations and Cultural Landscapes in Senegambia during the Atlantic Era
Open AccessFrançois RichardCHAPTER2012
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Atlantic Impacts on Inland Senegambia
Open AccessIbrahima ThiawCHAPTER2012
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Segou, Slavery, and Sifinso
Open AccessKevin C Macdonald, Seydou CamaraCHAPTER2012
© Cambridge University Press 2012. INTRODUCTION Slavery formed a fundamental element in the economic production systems of many historic African states. Such economies, which include documented West African cases, such as the Sokoto Caliphate, Songhai, and Segou, appear to have relied upon an enslaved workforce, derived from warfare, for agricultural production (Lovejoy 2005; Meillassoux 1991; Roberts 1987). The settlement landscape of Segou (c.1…
The Formation of an Oyo Imperial Colony during the Atlantic Age
Open AccessAkinwumi OgundiranCHAPTER2012
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The Local and the Global
Open AccessRay A KeaCHAPTER2012
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The Eguafo Polity
Open AccessSam SpiersCHAPTER2012
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Fortified Towns of the Koinadugu Plateau
Open AccessChristopher R DecorseCHAPTER2012
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Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa
Open AccessJ Cameron Monroe, Akinwumi OgundiranCHAPTER2012
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Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa
Open AccessMerrick Posnansky, Ibrahima Thiaw et al.BOOK2012
This volume examines the archaeology of precolonial West African societies in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using historical and archaeological perspectives on landscape, this collection of essays sheds light on how involvement in the commercial revolutions of the early modern period dramatically reshaped the regional contours of political organization across West Africa. The essays examine how social and political transformations oc…

The Rise of the Bassar Chiefdom in the Context of Africa's Internal Frontier
Open AccessPhilip De BarrosCHAPTER2012
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Political Transformations and Cultural Landscapes in Senegambia during the Atlantic Era
Open AccessFrançois RichardCHAPTER2012
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Atlantic Impacts on Inland Senegambia
Open AccessIbrahima ThiawCHAPTER2012
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Segou, Slavery, and Sifinso
Open AccessKevin C Macdonald, Seydou CamaraCHAPTER2012
© Cambridge University Press 2012. INTRODUCTION Slavery formed a fundamental element in the economic production systems of many historic African states. Such economies, which include documented West African cases, such as the Sokoto Caliphate, Songhai, and Segou, appear to have relied upon an enslaved workforce, derived from warfare, for agricultural production (Lovejoy 2005; Meillassoux 1991; Roberts 1987). The settlement landscape of Segou (c.1…
The Formation of an Oyo Imperial Colony during the Atlantic Age
Open AccessAkinwumi OgundiranCHAPTER2012
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The Local and the Global
Open AccessRay A KeaCHAPTER2012
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The Eguafo Polity
Open AccessSam SpiersCHAPTER2012
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Fortified Towns of the Koinadugu Plateau
Open AccessChristopher R DecorseCHAPTER2012
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Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa
Open AccessJ Cameron Monroe, Akinwumi OgundiranCHAPTER2012
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Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa
Open AccessMerrick Posnansky, Ibrahima Thiaw et al.BOOK2012
This volume examines the archaeology of precolonial West African societies in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using historical and archaeological perspectives on landscape, this collection of essays sheds light on how involvement in the commercial revolutions of the early modern period dramatically reshaped the regional contours of political organization across West Africa. The essays examine how social and political transformations oc…