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

An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa.

List of contents

Introduction
The Founding of Mandinka Settlements
Land and the Politics of Exclusion
The Power of the Wild Spirits
The End of Soninke Rule
Spiritual Persistence though Change
The Politicization of Chieftaincy
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Assan Sarr

Summary

An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Assan Sarr, Assan (Customer) Sarr
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781580465694
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-569-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 164 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 560 g
• Illustrations: 2 b/w, 3 line illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H; Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches