ISBN:
0-521-30182-3
,
978-0-521-30182-4
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 351 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 46
Keywords:
Zentral-Sudan Westafrika
;
Bornu (NO-Nigeria)
;
Manga
;
Tuareg
;
Wirtschaftliche Bedingungen
;
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel
;
Wirtschaftsethnologie
;
Salzhandel
;
Salzgewinnung
;
Salz
;
Geschichte
;
Arbeitsteilung, geschlechtsspezifische
;
Sokoto, Kalifat
;
Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
Description / Table of Contents:
List of tables -- List of maps, figures and illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Salt in the history of the central Sudan.The need for salt: an historical overview. The salt industry of the central Sudan. The limits of the central Sudan salt market. The characteristics of the central Sudan salt market -- 2. Consumption of the central Sudan salts. Culinary uses. Medical uses. Tobacco consumption. Industrial uses of salt -- 3. The chemistry and geology of the central Sudan salts. The chemical composition of the salts. The geology of the salt deposits. The desert sites. The sahel sites. The brine springs of the Benue trough. Conclusion -- 4. The technology of production. Kawar and Fachi. Teguidda n'tesemt and the Air Massif. The Borno sahel: manda and kige. Natron production in the Borno sahel: Mangari, Muniyo and Kanem. Salt and natron in the western Dallols. Salt from brine in the Benue trough. Other salts. The low level of technology -- 5. The volume of salt production. Kawar and Fachi. The Borno sahel. The western Dallols, Teguidda n'tesemt, Amadror and Taoudeni. The volume of the Benue brine springs. European salt. Productivity of the salines -- 6. The mobilisation of labour. The seasonal nature of salt production. The migrant workers of Mangari. Migration to Dallol Fogha and Dallol Bosso. Slavery and kige production. Slave labour at the desert sites. Trona production in Foli. Sexual division of labour. Conclusion -- 7. Proprietorship: the rights to salt and natron. Freehold: individual rights to property. Proprietary rights and titles in the Benue Valley. The salt fiefdoms of Borno. Proprietorship of the Dallol salines. Division of salt. Conclusion -- 8. Salt marketing networks. The Tuareg trade. The Lake Chad trade. The Borno trade. Salt depots of the Sokoto Caliphate. The re-export trade in natron. Distribution of the Benue and Dallol salts. Conclusion -- 9. The trade and politics of salt. Desert-side politics before 1800. The decline of Borno. The expansion of Manga industry. Kanem and the salt trade of Lake Chad. The deoendence of Borno on the Sokoto Caliphate. The impact of the caliphate at the Benue and Dallol salines. Conclusion. The hegemony of the Sokoto Caliphate -- 10 The social organisation of trade and production. Ethnicity and the relations of production. From political economy to class analysis. Ethnicity and the salt trade. Ethnic fractions and the Hausa diaspora. The social basis of production in Borno. Slavery and ethnic relations -- 11 Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography. Films -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 318-345
