Landlords and strangers: ecology, society, and trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630

Contents

Introduction -- ch. 1. Western Africa : the environmental setting -- ch. 2. Language groups and social organizations -- ch. 3. The development of Western African commercial networks : an overview -- ch. 4. Mande caravan routes linking Senegambia, the upper Guinea coast, and the Malaguetta coast -- ch. 5. Biafada-Sapi, Banyun-Bak, and Kruan coastwise and riverine networks -- ch. 6. The era of Mandekalu horse warriors and state building -- ch. 7. European voyages of reconnaissance and the inauguration of new trading relationships -- ch. 8. The Cabo Verde Archipelago-Western Africa nexus -- ch. 9. African landlords and competing European and Cabo Verdean strangers, c.1500-c.1630 -- ch. 10. Senegambia and the Banyun-Bak commercial sphere -- ch. 11. The Biafada-Sapi and Kraun trade networks. -- appendix A. Isohyets and ecological zones -- appendix B. A note on sources.