Landlords and Strangers: Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630 (African S... Book

	List of Tables and Illustrations
	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Western Africa: The Environmental Setting	7
	Rainfall Patterns and Ecological Zones	11
	Ecological and Epidemiological Factors	24
Ch. 2	Language Groups and Social Organizations	27
	Language Groups and Linguistic Relationships	29
	Social and Cultural Paradigms	33
Ch. 3	The Development of Western African Commercial Networks: An Overview	49
Ch. 4	Mande Caravan Routes Linking Senegambia, the Upper Guinea Coast, and the Malaguetta Coast	59
	Mande Trade Networks	61
	Mande Smiths and the Founding of Power Associations Among Host Societies	73
Ch. 5	Biafada-Sapi, Banyun-Bak, and Kruan Coastwise and Riverine Networks	79
	The Biafada-Sapi Network	80
	The Banyun-Bak Network	87
	The Kruan Network	95
Ch. 6	The Era of Mandekalu Horse Warriors and State Building	97
	Mandekan Languages and Mandekalu Social and Cultural Attributes	97
	Mandekalu Conquests Among Mande, West Atlantic, and Gur Groups	106
	Horse Warriors and Power Associations	113
	The Expanding Influence of Islam	115
Ch. 7	European Voyages of Reconnaissance and the Inauguration of New Trading Relationships	121
	Prelude to Portuguese Expeditions to Western Africa	122
	Portuguese Voyages and Commercial Initiatives, 1440s-1490s	125
	African Landlords and the Co-option of European Strangers	135
	On the First Half Century of Western African-European Contacts	140
Ch. 8	The Cabo Verde Archipelago-Western Africa Nexus	143
	Colonization of the Cabo Verde Archipelago and Early Commercial Patterns	144
	Cabo Verde's Expanding Role in Western African Commerce	152
	Cabo Verdean Economic, Social, and Cultural Patterns	158
Ch. 9	African Landlords and Competing European and Cabo Verdean Strangers, C. 1500-C. 1630	167
	Ecological Changes and Their Ramifications	169
	Commercial Patterns During the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries	174
	Cabo Verde and Western Africa During the "Portuguese Captivity" (1580-1640)	183
	Lancados and Luso-Africans as Commercial and Cultural Brokers	188
Ch. 10	Senegambia and the Banyun-Bak Commercial Sphere	197
	Senegal River and the Petite Cote	197
	Gambia River, c. 1500-c. 1550	223
	Casamance River, c. 1500-c. 1530	225
	Cacheu River	226
	Gambia River, c. 1550-c. 1630	244
Ch. 11	The Biafada-Sapi and Kruan Trade Networks	259
	Geba-Grande-Bissagos	260
	Grande River to Iles de Los, 1480s-c. 1580	274
	Iles de Los to Cape Mount During the First Half of the Sixteenth Century	278
	The Malaguetta Coast During the First Half of the Sixteenth Century	282
	Mani and Mani-Sumba Migrations and Their Consequences	286
	The Era of Mani-Sumba Rule of Cape Mount and Serra Leoa	299
	Appendix A: Isohyets and Ecological Zones	321
	Appendix B: A Note on Sources	323
	References	327
	About the Book and Author	345
	Index	347