![]() ![]() ![]() Let them drink rum! : Islam, revolution and the aristocracy. ![]() Warrior aristocracies and pushback from below Transnational Africas, struggle and the rising of modernity On a war footing : the "fiscal-military state" in West African politicsįeeding power : new societies, new worldviews "With boots worth 3 slaves" : slavery and value in the eighteenth century Part two: Consequences : politics, belief and revolutions from below. The kingdom of Kongo : from majesty to revolt Rivers of cloth, masks of bronze : the bights of Benin and Biafra Ready money : The Gold Coast and the gold trade "Three measures of gold" : the rise and fall of the great empires of the SahelĬauseways across the savannah : from Senegambia to Sierra Leone Part one: Causes : economic divergence in West and West-Central Africa. Includes bibliographical references and index. Xxxv, 613 pages : illustrations, maps 24 cm TitleĪ fistful of shells : West Africa from the rise of the slave trade to the age of revolution / Toby Green.Ĭhicago : University of Chicago Press, 2019. ![]() Request This Author Green, Toby, 1974- author. ![]()
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