The World and a Very Small Place in Africa
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wright, Donald R., PUBLISHER: M.E. Sharpe, This study looks at ong>theong> effects of "global" phenomena -- trans-Saharan trade, European expansion, ong>theong> rise of an Atlantic plantation complex, industrialization, imperialism, colonialism, world wars, growth of a world market, political independence and economic dependence -- on ong>theong> way of life in Niumi, a small area at ong>theong> mouth of ong>theong> Gambia river in West Africa (now called ong>Theong> Gambia), over ong>theong> last six-seven hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, and drawing on archival and oral traditions, ong>theong> work considers global developments from a local/regional perspective.