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On Trans-Saharan trails : Islamic law, trade networks, and cross-cultural exchange in nineteenth-century Western Africa / Ghislaine Lydon

This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade ...
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African trade routes sketched out by mediaeval beads

The origin of glass beads dates back to early ancient times. The chemical composition of the beads and their morphological and technical characteristics can reveal where they come from; this ...
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The Human commodity : perspectives on the trans-Saharan slave trade / edited by Elizabeth Savage

Black Africans in the Mediterranean world : introduction to a neglected aspect of the African diaspora / John Hunwick -- Slave trade in the Western Sudan during the nineteenth century / Martin A.
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Judar Pasha, conquering sub-Saharan Africa to control gold routes

In the 1590s, Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur appointed Spanish military leader Judar Pasha to lead a campaign, conquering the Songhai empire in West Africa. Thanks to his army, Morocco took control of ...
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African trade routes sketched out by mediaeval beads

The chemical composition of glass beads and their morphological characteristics can reveal where they come from. Archaeologists analyzed glass beads found at rural sites in Mali and Senegal from ...