Eurafricans in Western Africa: Commerce, Social Status, Gender, and Religious Observance from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

by George E. Brooks

Book Overview

Eurafricans in Western Africa traces the rich social and commercial history of western Africa. The most comprehensive study to date, it begins prior to the sixteenth century when huge profits made by middlemen on trade in North African slaves, salt, gold, pepper, and numerous other commodities prompted Portuguese reconnaissance voyages along the coast of western Africa. From Senegal to Sierra Leone, Portuguese, including "New Christians"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821414860
• ISBN13: 9780821414866
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"