Deep roots: rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora

Abstract

List of Tables Orthography Introduction 1. The Rio Nunez Region: A Small Corner of West Africa's Rice Coast Region 2. The First-Comers and the Roots of Coastal Rice-growing Technology 3. The Newcomers and the Seeds of Tidal Rice-Growing Technology 4. Coastal Collaboration and Specialization: Flowering of Tidal Rice-Growing Technologies 5. The Strangers and the Branches of Coastal Rice-growing Technology, c.1500 to 1800 6. Feeding the Slave Trade: The Trade in Rice and Captives from West Africa's Rice Coast Conclusion Appendix I.1 Fieldwork Interviews Appendix I.2 Rice Terminology in Atlantic Languages Spoken in the Coastal Rio Nunez Region Notes Bibliography Index