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"WALKING CARAVANS" OF NINETEENTH CENTURY FUUTA JALOO, WESTERN AFRICA
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Abstract: This paper investigates the modes and patterns of travel in pre-colonial Fuuta Jaloo and along the Upper Guinea Coast during the nineteenth century, with special emphasis on caravan commerce. It describes a network of indigenous protectors who were assigned or simply assumed the task of insuring that trade roads within Fuuta Jaloo remain open and that caravans be allowed to operate smoothly and properly while using state regulated roads. Based closely on accounts written by Europeans who visited the Upper Guinea Coast or who traveled into Fuuta Jaloo, the paper also reviews types of caravans, operational and organizational standards that governed those that crossed or crisscrossed Fuuta Jaloo, and costs and advantages of caravan membership. Cet article étudie les modes et les habitudes de voyage en Guinée précoloniale du Fuuta Jaloo et le long de la côte de la Haute Guinée au cours du dixneuvième siècle, avec un accent particulier sur le commerce caravanier. Il décrit un réseau de protecteurs indigènes qui devaient assurer que les routes commerciales au sein du Fuuta Jaloo restent ouvertes et que les caravanes soient autorisés à opérer en douceur et en utilisant correctement les routes réglementées. Basé sur les recits de voyages écrits par des Européens qui avaient visité la Haute Guinée côtière ou qui avaient voyagé dans le Fuuta Jaloo, le document examine également les types de caravanes, les normes opérationnelles et organisationnelles des caravanres qui sillonnaient le Fuuta Jaloo, aussi bien que les avantages et désavantages de participer aux caravans.
Title: "WALKING CARAVANS" OF NINETEENTH CENTURY FUUTA JALOO, WESTERN AFRICA
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Abstract: This paper investigates the modes and patterns of travel in pre-colonial Fuuta Jaloo and along the Upper Guinea Coast during the nineteenth century, with special emphasis on caravan commerce.
It describes a network of indigenous protectors who were assigned or simply assumed the task of insuring that trade roads within Fuuta Jaloo remain open and that caravans be allowed to operate smoothly and properly while using state regulated roads.
Based closely on accounts written by Europeans who visited the Upper Guinea Coast or who traveled into Fuuta Jaloo, the paper also reviews types of caravans, operational and organizational standards that governed those that crossed or crisscrossed Fuuta Jaloo, and costs and advantages of caravan membership.
Cet article étudie les modes et les habitudes de voyage en Guinée précoloniale du Fuuta Jaloo et le long de la côte de la Haute Guinée au cours du dixneuvième siècle, avec un accent particulier sur le commerce caravanier.
Il décrit un réseau de protecteurs indigènes qui devaient assurer que les routes commerciales au sein du Fuuta Jaloo restent ouvertes et que les caravanes soient autorisés à opérer en douceur et en utilisant correctement les routes réglementées.
Basé sur les recits de voyages écrits par des Européens qui avaient visité la Haute Guinée côtière ou qui avaient voyagé dans le Fuuta Jaloo, le document examine également les types de caravanes, les normes opérationnelles et organisationnelles des caravanres qui sillonnaient le Fuuta Jaloo, aussi bien que les avantages et désavantages de participer aux caravans.
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