The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective /
Jacqueline Knörr, Christoph Kohl.

Description

Main Author

Knörr, Jacqueline

Related Names

Kohl, Christoph, author.

Language(s)

English

Published

©2016.
London : Knowledge Unlatched, c2016.
New York : Berghahn Books, c2016.

Subjects

Environmental Studies.
Anthropology.

Summary

For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the world engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. This book examines how such encounters have continued into the present day. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics, and various other social phenomena that have resulted. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation.

Note

Also issued in print and PDF version.

Physical Description

1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables.

ISBN

9781785330704 (e-ISBN)
9781785330698 (print-ISBN)

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