A Ritual Geology : Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa.
Robyn d'Avignon tells the history of West Africa's centuries-old indigenous gold mining industries and its shared practices, prohibitions, and cosmological engagements.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Orthographic Notes
- Abbreviations
- Introduction. Geology and West African History
- 1. A Tale of Two Miners in Tinkoto, Senegal, 2014
- 2. West Africa's Ritual Geology, 800-1900
- 3. Making Customary Mining in French West Africa
- 4. Colonial Geology and African Gold Discoveries
- 5. Mineral Mapping and the Global Cold War in Sénégal Oriental
- 6. A West African Language of Subterranean Rights
- 7. Race, Islam, and Ethnicity in the Pits
- Conclusion. Subterranean Granaries
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.