The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
For centuries, Africa's Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange, and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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USA/UK :
Berghahn Books
2016.
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| Colección: | Integration and Conflict Studies ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009839239306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- In Memoriam
- Contents
- List of Maps and Figures
- Introduction The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
- Part I Creole Connections
- Chapter 1. Towards a Defi nition of Transnational as a Family Construct: A Historical and Micro Perspective
- Chapter 2 Luso-Creole Culture and Identity Compared
- Chapter 3 Freetown's Yoruba-Modelled Secret Societies as Transnational and Transethnic Mechanisms for Social Integration
- Part II Diasporic Entanglements
- Chapter 4. Contested Transnational Spaces: Debating Emigrants' Citizenship and Role in Guinean Politics
- Chapter 5 Identity Beyond ID
- Chapter 6 Th e African 'Other' in the Cape Verde Islands
- Chapter 7 Celebrating Asymmetries
- Part III Travelling Models
- Chapter 8. Travelling Terms: Analysis of Semantic Fluctuations in the Atlantic World
- Chapter 9 Rice and Revolution
- Chapter 10 Transnational and Local Models of Non-Refoulement
- Chapter 11 Expanding the Space for Freedom of Expression in Postwar Sierra Leone
- Chapter 12 Sierra Leone, Child Soldiers and Global Flows of Child Protection Expertise
- Part IV Interregional Integration
- Chapter 13 The 'Mandingo Question'
- Chapter 14 Solo Darboe, Former Diamond Dealer
- Chapter 15 Market Networks and Warfare
- Index
