The World and a Very Small Place in Africa

Author: Donald R. Wright
ISBN: 9781563249600

This study looks at the effects of "global" phenomena -- trans-Saharan trade, European expansion, the rise of an Atlantic plantation complex, industrialization, imperialism, colonialism, world wars, growth of a world market, political independence and economic dependence -- on the way of life in Niumi, a small area at the mouth of the Gambia river in West Africa (now called The Gambia), over the last six-seven hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, and drawing on archival and oral traditions, the work considers global developments from a local/regional perspective.

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Publish Date: 1997-01

Subjects: Health & Fitness / General, History / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Africa AFRC)