| Colonial Encounters: Issues of Culture, Hybridity and Creolisation: Portuguese Mercantile Settlers in West Africa Contributor(s): Ustorf, Werner (Other), Nafafé, José Lingna (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631527799 ISBN-13: 9783631527795 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $84.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 382.09 |
| LCCN: 2007465339 |
| Series: Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.63 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the first encounter in the mid-fifteenth century between Western Europe and the West African Coast, arguing that it did not produce hostility, but rather a climate of beneficial mutual exchange. It examines West African pre-colonial social history and asserts that around the year 1500 West Africa became a safe haven for those fleeing political or religious persecution in Europe. Among them were mercantile settlers, Tangom os or Lan ados, known to have arrived on the West African Coast after the Portuguese explorers in 1446. They exchanged commodities, culture, religious ideas and practices with West African people. These events raise searching questions on the nature of identity and space. |