A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478018476ISBN-10:147801847XUPC:9781478018476Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Anthropology, IndustriesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCWV0BW9P6
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa
Set against the ongoing corporate enclosure of West Africa's goldfields, A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world's oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa's orpaillage. Establishing African miners as producers of subterranean knowledge, Robyn d'Avignon uncovers a dynamic "ritual geology" of techniques and cosmological engagements with the earth...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478018476ISBN-10:147801847XUPC:9781478018476Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Anthropology, IndustriesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCWV0BW9P6
Robyn d'Avignon is Assistant Professor of History at New York University.
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