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Bridges Across the Sahara: Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade During the 19th and 20th Centuries
Ali Abdullatif Ahmida
Paperback. Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011-02-01.
ISBN 9781443826747
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The Sahara as Bridge is a magnificent collection of essays that overcomes the standard fare on the region as an empty barrier between Tropical and Mediterranean Africa. The collection traverses history, geography, anthropology, and politics and demonstrates the region as the crossroads of human movements and commerce, and also a locality that has its own integrity and center of gravity. As such these contributions overcome colonial and nationalists projections of the region. Sahara as Bridge masterfully negates Africa's division into sub-Saharan and northern Arab Africa. Each essay is loaded with theoretical insights and material and literary flesh. Collectively they endeavor to redefine the terminology/concepts and the historical and cultural analysis of the Sahara. For instance, the discussion about the contributions of female work in the Saharan trade is simply fascinating and a first. In additions, the concluding chapter is a rich literary effort that deploys the work of the Saharan cultural Guru, Al-Koni, to bring out the lived experiences of those who inhabit the region. The use of Al-Koni's work is one of the most sophisticated geographic imaginations I have encountered. In nutshell, this is a model for future studies of the Sahara
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