Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A striking feature of African history is the volume of commerce and production possible without the full panoply of credit, insurance, futures markets, stock companies, limited liability, and other legal and financial services of modern economies. The contributions to this volume investigate institutions through which money has been managed in Africa. By adopting a historical perspective, each contributor addresses change over time. Together the contributions add valuable insights. The volume surveys of institutional adaptation to changing circumstances and is also a commentary on Africa's economic crisis
Table of Contents
Introduction / E. Stiansen & J. Guyer -- Finance and credit in pre-colonial Dahomey / Robin Law -- On currency and credit in the western Sahel, 1700-1850 / James L.A. Webb -- Slaves as money in the Sokoto Caliphate / Jan Hogendorn -- Islamic financial institutions / John Hunwick -- Islamic banking in the Sudan / Endre Stiansen -- Imposing a guide on the indigáene : the fifty year experience of the Sociâetâes de prâevoyance in French West and Equatorial Africa / Gregory Mann & Jane I. Guyer -- Káose-âe-mâanái : idealism and contradiction in the Yoruba view of money.