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Islam, power, and dependency in the Gambia River basin : the politics of land control, 1790-1940 / Assan Sarr.
Lippincott Library HD1024 .S27 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarr, Assan, author.
- Series:
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 75.
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 75
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use--Political aspects--Gambia River Watershed.
- Land use.
- Islam--Gambia River Watershed--History--19th century.
- Islam.
- Islam--Gambia River Watershed--History--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Land use--Political aspects.
- Gambia--Politics and government--19th century.
- Gambia.
- Gambia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Senegal--Politics and government--19th century.
- Senegal.
- Senegal--Politics and government--20th century.
- Guinea--Politics and government--19th century.
- Guinea.
- Guinea--Politics and government--20th century.
- Africa--Gambia River Watershed.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781580465694
- 1580465692
- OCLC:
- 950953731
- Publisher Number:
- 99972756840
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