The Development Of Indigenous Trade And Markets In West Africa: Studies Presented And Discussed At The Tenth International African Seminar At Fourah Bay College, Freetown, December 1969 Evolution Du Commerce Africain Depuis Le Xixe Siècle En Afrique De L'

Originally published in 1971 and written in English and French, with summaries in both languages, the essays in this volume dsicuss the effects of internal economic and political conditions and of external relations on the development of trade and markets in West Africa from the period of the slave trade to the growth in the 20th century in production for overseas markets and rapidly expanding urban centres. Other essays discuss various aspects of local and regional trade and markets from the nineteenth century onwards. 1: Introduction: Curriculum And The Life Erratic -- Inset: Stevie, Age Seven -- The Geographic Cure, Curriculum Theory, And Psychoanalysis -- A Matter Of Balance -- Wisdom Figures -- The Singular Set Of Children Of Alcoholics -- 2: The Confounded Life Of An 80-proof Home -- Inset: Officer Jake's Steel-toe Shoe -- Retreats Of Substance -- Fermented Parenting -- Taking Over -- On Refusing To Talk About It -- An Air Raid A Day -- 3: The Unhinged Lives Of Kids On The Move -- Inset: Ringo, Shut Up! -- Families Unmoored -- Transient Students Typically Defined -- The Long, Loud Sigh: Student Mobility From The School Perspective -- 4: Drinking And Driving (away) -- Inset: Geography And His Sister -- Glass Castles And Geography Lessons -- The Buffer Has No Buffer -- On The Fine Art Of Cigarette Removal -- Secrets And Lies, Good Moods And Goodbyes -- Whispers In The Roar -- Driving Away -- 5: Hold Still -- The Laundrymat Lizard -- Charlie's Angel And Mystical Whispers -- The Ken Factor -- The Golden Option -- Naming It, Claiming It -- The Doctor, The Cape, And The Red Letter S -- Forget-me-nots And Contradictory Spaces -- So, We Were Stuck In This Plastic, Outdoor Elevator... -- Holding Chaos At Bay -- 6: The Geographic Cure Writ Large -- Inset: Stevie, Age 1. Edited With An Introduction By Claude Meillassoux; Foreword By Daryll Forde. Title Also In French: L'évolution Du Commerce Africain Depuis Le Xixe Siècle En Afrique De L'ouest. French Or English With Summaries In Either Language. Bibliography: P. [413]-432. Compilation of conference papers comprising an interdisciplinary research study of commerce and domestic markets in West Africa - covers the development of commerce and trade since the pre-colonialism period, the development of specialized marketing groups and retail marketing centres, etc., and includes recent trends. Bibliography pp. 413 to 432 and map. Conference held in freetown 1969 December 14 to 22