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Book chapter |
| Title: | The organization of exchange in pre-colonial western Dar Fur |
| Author: | Kapteijns, L. |
| Book title: | Aspecten van staat en maatschappij in Afrika: recent Dutch and Belgian research on the African state |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Pages: | 211-237 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Sudan |
| Subjects: | trade history Dar Masalit polity |
| Abstract: | Masalit is an area at the periphery of the Keira state of Dar Fur and its people formed the lower echelons of Dar Fur society. The present article examines the degree of government involvement in the field of economic exchange in Masalit and uses this as a criterion for distinguishing different levels, and kinds of exchange: local exchange, regional exchange, and foreign trade. - Map, notes, ref., sources. |