On Trans Saharan Trails Islamic Law Trade Networks and Cross Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth Century Western Africa 1st Edition by Ghislaine Lydon ISBN 1139476890 9781139476898
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ISBN 10: 1139476890
ISBN 13: 9781139476898
Author: Ghislaine Lydon
This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade network system based on a case study of ‘Berber’ traders from the Wād Nūn region, who specialized in outfitting camel caravans in the nineteenth century. Through an examination of contracts, correspondence, fatwas and interviews with retired caravaners, Professor Lydon shows how traders used their literacy skills in Arabic and how they had recourse to experts of Islamic law to regulate their long-distance transactions. The book also examines the strategies devised by women to participate in caravan trade. By embracing a continental approach, this study bridges the divide between West African and North African studies. The work will be of interest to historians of Africa, the Middle East, and the world and to scholars of long-distance trade, Muslim societies and Islamic law.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1: “Making History” Across the African Divide
Chapter 2: Trans-Saharan Trade in the Longue Dure
Chapter 3: Markets and the Movement of Caravans: Nineteenth-Century Developments
Chapter 4: Guelmam and the Wad Nun Traders
Chapter 5: The Organization of Caravan Trade
Chapter 6: Business Practice and Legal Culture in a Paper Economy of Faith
Chapter 7: Trade Networks and the Limits of Cooperative Behavior
Chapter 8: On Trans-Saharan Trails
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Tags: Ghislaine Lydon, Trans Saharan, Islamic Law, Trade Networks, Cross Cultural Exchange, Western Africa