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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Rochester Medical Press
ISBN-10
1580465692
ISBN-13
9781580465694
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227702864
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
258 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin : the Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940
Subject
Africa / West, Development / Economic Development, Islam / General, World / African
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
Issn Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-033865
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This book is a very important one. Assan Sarr addresses critical issues and offers valuable, new insights from a well-researched base. [...] Islam, Power, and Dependency speaks in valuable ways to Africanist historians and other scholars, as well as to individuals who have absorbed rarely challenged ideas about Africa., Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin is a work of substance and an invaluable contribution to the study of land and Gambian historiography. It should be of interest to academics and general readers., Assan Sarr is making me rethink much of what I thought I knew, from four decades of study, about land, politics, and society along the lower Gambia River in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This is African history at its best. -- Donald R. Wright, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History Emeritus, SUNY Cortland Not only is this book an outstanding analysis of the dynamic interactions between spiritual forces, political power, dependency, and control over land in the transition from indigenous to colonial rule, it is an interesting and useful introduction to the recent history of The Gambia. IJAHS This useful book must be read by Gambia's current rulers to understand why Jammeh would want to own hundreds of lots of land in a country of only 10,000 square kilometres. AFRICA
Series Volume Number
74
Volume Number
Vol. 74
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
333.3096651
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African history. Documenting the impact of Islamization, the development of peanut production, and the institution of colonial rule on people living along the middle and lower Gambia River, the book shows how these waves of changes sweeping the region after 1850 altered local political and social arrangements, with important implications for the ability of elites to control land.Author Assan Sarr argues for a nuanced understanding of land and its historic value in Africa. Moving beyond a recognition of the material value of land, Sarr's analysis highlights its cultural and social worth, pointing out the spiritual associations the land generated and the ways that certain people gained privileged access to those spiritual powers. By emphasizing that the land around the Gambia River both inspired and gave form to a cosmology of ritual and belief, the book points to what might be considered an indigenous tradition of ecological preservation and protection.Assan Sarr is assistant professor of history at Ohio University., An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa. Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African history. Documenting the impact of Islamization, the development of peanut production, and the institution of colonial rule on people living along the middle and lower Gambia River, the book shows how these waves of changes sweeping the region after 1850 altered local political and social arrangements, with important implications for the ability of elites to control land. Author Assan Sarr argues for a nuanced understanding of land and its historic value in Africa. Moving beyond a recognition of the material value of land, Sarr'sanalysis highlights its cultural and social worth, pointing out the spiritual associations the land generated and the ways that certain people gained privileged access to those spiritual powers. By emphasizing that the land aroundthe Gambia River both inspired and gave form to a cosmology of ritual and belief, the book points to what might be considered an indigenous tradition of ecological preservation and protection. Assan Sarr is assistant professor of history at Ohio University., An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa.
LC Classification Number
HD1024.S27 2016
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