The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia

Nonfiction, History, Africa
Cover of the book The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia by Donald R. Wright, M.E.Sharpe
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Author: Donald R. Wright ISBN: 9780765630469
Publisher: M.E.Sharpe Publication: March 26, 2010
Imprint: M.E.Sharpe Language: English
Author: Donald R. Wright
ISBN: 9780765630469
Publisher: M.E.Sharpe
Publication: March 26, 2010
Imprint: M.E.Sharpe
Language: English

Updated to reflect the local impact of current events such as global recession as well as the latest scholarly studies, this fascinating work shows how global events have affected people's lives over the past eight centuries in Niumi, a little-known territory located on the north bank of the Gambia River in West Africa. Drawing on written and oral testimony, the author locates this tiny place in Africa's smallest country within the history of the modern world.

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Updated to reflect the local impact of current events such as global recession as well as the latest scholarly studies, this fascinating work shows how global events have affected people's lives over the past eight centuries in Niumi, a little-known territory located on the north bank of the Gambia River in West Africa. Drawing on written and oral testimony, the author locates this tiny place in Africa's smallest country within the history of the modern world.

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