Bibliograph

Deep roots, rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora, Edda L. Fields-Black

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Deep roots, rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora, Edda L. Fields-Black

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Deep roots

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

212908715

Responsibility statement

Edda L. Fields-Black

Series statement

Blacks in the diaspora

Sub title

rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora

Table Of Contents

The Rio Nunez region : a small corner of West Africa's rice coast region -- The first-comers and the roots of coastal rice-growing technology -- The newcomers and the seeds of tidal rice-growing technology -- Coastal collaboration and specialization : flowering of tidal rice-growing technologies -- The strangers and the branches of coastal rice-growing technology -- Feeding the slave trade : the trade in rice and captives from West Africa's rice coast -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : fieldwork interviews -- Appendix 2 : rice terminology in Atlantic languages spoken in the coastal Rio Nunez region

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