Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain

The first colonization of Western Africa was circumscribed with the littorals and because of the resistance of the local authorities, it could not extend inside the grounds. The Europeans (Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, Danish) which starting from XVe century disputed the African land knew the...

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Main Author: Jean-Michel Deveau
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Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2008-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/2098
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description The first colonization of Western Africa was circumscribed with the littorals and because of the resistance of the local authorities, it could not extend inside the grounds. The Europeans (Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, Danish) which starting from XVe century disputed the African land knew the same stoppings, diplomatic or constituted by the force. They could install only bastions on the coasts with the authorization of the African sovereigns to whom they gave a counterpart in the form of gifts and of royalties. Thus, with the blessing of the African powers in place, Europeans could begin the draft of the slaves to carry out the agricultural work organized by the colonists in Americas. From the example of the history of Ghana cleared recently by the researchers and that of Senegambia under study, one realizes new prospects for decoding of the history of the African continent which go against the generally accepted ideas of the ideology of fate and victimology of the Africans.
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spellingShingle Jean-Michel Deveau
Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain
EchoGéo
colonization
cistoriography
Western Africa
Senegambia
Ghana
title Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain
title_full Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain
title_fullStr Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain
title_full_unstemmed Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain
title_short Traite, esclavage et fortifications dans l’Ouest africain
title_sort traite esclavage et fortifications dans l ouest africain
topic colonization
cistoriography
Western Africa
Senegambia
Ghana
url https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/2098
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