Robyn dâ Avignon tells the history of West Africaâ s centuries-old indigenous gold mining industries and its shared practices, prohibitions, and cosmological engagements.
Robyn dâ Avignon tells the history of West Africaâ s centuries-old indigenous gold mining industries and its shared practices, prohibitions, and cosmological engagements.
Robyn d’Avignon is Assistant Professor of History at New York University.
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Acknowledgments ix Orthographic Notes xv Abbreviations xvii Introduction. Geology and West African History 1 1. A Tale of Two Miners in Tinkoto, Senegal, 2014 29 2. West Africa’s Ritual Geology, 800–1900 58 3.Making Customary Mining in French West Africa 86 4. Colonial Geology and African Gold Discoveries 108 5. Mineral Mapping and the Global Cold War in Sénégal Oriental 129 6. A West African Language of Subterranean Rights 153 7. Race, Islam, and Ethnicity in the Pits 177 Conclusion. Subterranean Granaries 201 Glossary 207 Notes 211 Bibliography 259 Index 295
Acknowledgments ix Orthographic Notes xv Abbreviations xvii Introduction. Geology and West African History 1 1. A Tale of Two Miners in Tinkoto, Senegal, 2014 29 2. West Africa’s Ritual Geology, 800–1900 58 3.Making Customary Mining in French West Africa 86 4. Colonial Geology and African Gold Discoveries 108 5. Mineral Mapping and the Global Cold War in Sénégal Oriental 129 6. A West African Language of Subterranean Rights 153 7. Race, Islam, and Ethnicity in the Pits 177 Conclusion. Subterranean Granaries 201 Glossary 207 Notes 211 Bibliography 259 Index 295
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