04071nam 22007692 450 991016389940332120180501161821.01-78204-870-710.1515/9781782048701(CKB)3710000001056009(MiAaPQ)EBC4721198(UkCbUP)CR9781782048701(OCoLC)972331168(MdBmJHUP)musev2_83675(DE-B1597)676781(DE-B1597)9781782048701(EXLCZ)99371000000105600920180309d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIslam, power, and dependency in the Gambia River basin the politics of land control, 1790-1940 /Assan Sarr[electronic resource]1st ed.Rochester :University of Rochester Press,2016.1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;volume 75Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2018).1-58046-569-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.The founding of Mandinka settlements -- Land and the politics of exclusion -- The power of the wild spirits -- The end of Soninke rule -- Spiritual persistence though change -- The politicization of chieftaincy.Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African history. Documenting the impact of Islamization, the development of peanut production, and the institution of colonial rule on people living along the middle and lower Gambia River, the book shows how these waves of changes sweeping the region after 1850 altered local political and social arrangements, with important implications for the ability of elites to control land. Author Assan Sarr argues for a nuanced understanding of land and its historic value in Africa. Moving beyond a recognition of the material value of land, Sarr's analysis highlights its cultural and social worth, pointing out the spiritual associations the land generated and the ways that certain people gained privileged access to those spiritual powers. By emphasizing that the land around the Gambia River both inspired and gave form to a cosmology of ritual and belief, the book points to what might be considered an indigenous tradition of ecological preservation and protection. Assan Sarr is assistant professor of history at Ohio University. Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;v. 75.Land usePolitical aspectsGambia River WatershedIslamGambia River WatershedHistory19th centuryIslamGambia River WatershedHistory20th centuryGambiaPolitics and government19th centuryGambiaPolitics and government20th centurySenegalPolitics and government19th centurySenegalPolitics and government20th centuryGuineaPolitics and government19th centuryGuineaPolitics and government20th centuryAfrican history.African studies.anthropology.colonialism.geography.globalization.industrialism.islamization.nineteenth century.sociology.topography.twentieth century.Land usePolitical aspectsIslamHistoryIslamHistory333.3096651Sarr Assan1070674Rochester University.UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910163899403321Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin2564685UNINA