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The Shell Money of the Slave Trade (African Studies)
The Shell Money of the Slave Trade - African Studies
Author: Jan Hogendorn, Marion Johnson
This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried from the Maldives to the Mediterranean by Arab traders for further transport across the Sahara, and to Europe by competing Portuguese, Dutch, English and French traders for onward transport to the West African coast. In...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521541107
ISBN-10: 0521541107
Publication Date: 9/18/2003
Pages: 246
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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