4.5.6. COLONIAL CONQUEST DOES NOT BRING ECONOMIC CONTROL

LOCAL PRODUCTION BLOCKS SALES OF WESTERN GOODS  

The victors' goods do not sell. Take textiles, motor of commerce:  Why should locals buy flimsy manufactured cloth when elites could have this...

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And others, woven bands of excellent cotton last indefinitely, and whose look on dark skin is spectacular. 

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Haussa weaving 

 

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The colonial powers never take over that African market,

which goes to the Dutch 

when Ghanaian soldiers in Indonesia

bring the dramatic prints home.

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 4.5.7.

Slaves are freed and economies collapse