4.6. PRODUCERS WIN, THEN CRUMBLE

 4.6. PRODUCERS WIN THEN CRUMBLE

SLAVE RAIDERS SWEEP THE SAVANNAH

When the end of the Atlantic slave trade weakens traditional kingdoms, raiders seize the lands and labor that commercial production needs.  

Gone from web

Horsemen who resemble the raiders.

In brief

• Destruction, slavery and economic growth

• Adapting Islam to commercial production

• Samory's legend skips the raided

• Detour: Nationalist history hides modern issues

• Samory and the Senufo Judas

• Colonial conquest does not bring economic control

• Slaves are freed and economies collapse

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4.6.1. 

Destruction, slavery and economic growth