The Evolution of the Idaw al-Hajj Commercial Diaspora

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ID3645912
AuthorsJames L A Webb, James Webb (0000-0002-1547-1222, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume35
Issue138
Pages455-475
Publication date1995-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/cea.1995.1456
OpenAlexW2072898637
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This article constructs the general outlines of the precolonial history of the Idaw al-Hajj commercial diaspora, a grouping which linked the Black African Wolof states of northwestern Senegal with the Arabo-Berber world of the western Sahara. The Idaw al-Hajj maintained a broad commercial hegemony from the late seventeenth century until the gum boom of early nineteenth century. Over time, the 'White' Idaw al-Hajj of northwestern Senegal fully integrated them-selves culturally into the Wolof world. The history of the Idaw al-Hajj demonstrates that the ethnie identities of both 'White' Arabo-Berbers and 'Black' Wolof were contextual and subject to transformation as a resuit of changing historical circumstance

Ancient history · Archaeology · Boom · Diaspora · Ethnology · Geography · Hajj · Hegemony · Islam · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subject (documents · White (mutation · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Gender Studies · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

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