Manioc africa and the atlantic world book

In this exciting, original, and groundbreaking book, judith a. A cultural history of the atlantic world, 12501820. B this article has been rated as bclass on the projects quality scale. Please click on a bulleted heading to toggle the content. In addition to peanuts and maize this crop helped to increase the food supply and contributed to and increase in population in west and central africa. Prior to 1680, africas economic and military strength enabled african elites to determine how trade with europe developed.

It is how manioc is called in some countries, such as peru, colombia, equador, etc. This work stretches beyond the boundaries of initial contact between europeans and africans in the coastal slave ports. As most people in atlanticera west africaas in contemporary europe and the americaswere farmers, fields and gardens. Nielsen book data summary from 1400 to 1900 the atlantic ocean served as a major highway, allowing people and goods to. This book explores africas involvement in the atlantic world from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century.

This book uses, to quite a good effect, an atlantic world framework, as it examines the crisscrossing of people and crops over the ocean. It describes the transformation of european, african, and american societies and the growth of new peoples, cultures, economies, and ideas between ca. Chapter 26 africa and the atlantic world 697 the region in the eighth century. Claudia jones, the only black woman among communists tried in the united states and sentenced for crimes against the state, incarcerated and then deported, not only lived her life as a transatlantic. As of april 2017, the imf, the world bank, the european union, and the african development bank were all negotiating with the new government of the gambia to provide financial support in the coming months to ease the. Substances, to borrow a term from sidney mintz 1985, have become increasingly central in our understanding of the atlantic world. This book describes, explains, and, occasionally, challenges conventional wisdom. In the same manner that west africans adopted crops like maize, manioc and. World book online is an engaging, verified, and trustworthy digital resource for grades prek through high school. Africa and the africans in the age of the atlantic slave trade chapter summary much of africa followed its own lines of development between the beginning of the 15th and 19th centuries. Article pdf available october 2010 with 1,123 reads. Douglas egerton, alison games, jane landers, kris lane, and donald wrights the atlantic world manages to achieve the daunting task of cramming nearly five hundred years of the history of four continents into about five hundred pages.

When europeans first touched the shores of the americas, old world crops such as wheat, barley, rice, and turnips had not traveled west across the atlantic, and new world crops such as maize, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and manioc had not traveled east to europe. It is grounded in a wealth of new evidence and in a patient, critical, and generous engagement with the scholarship. History howard temperley tls friday october 30 1998 africa and africans in the making of the atlantic world, 14001680 by john thornton. Its roots are mainly up to 30 cm long, but they can be even longer. Course goals students in hist 3840 and hist 6500 will learn through assigned readings, discussion, and research the subject matter of africa and the atlantic world in maritime and continental contexts with particular emphasis on homocentricity and the nature of the global african. Africa and africans in the making of the atlantic world, 14001800, 2nd ed. Benjamins narrative, supplemented by the voices of contemporary atlantic world inhabitants, deftly illustrates the complex connections that have historically joined. There are certainly dozens of articles and books written on the. Europeans, africans, indians and their shared history, 14001900 by benjamin, thomas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The transatlantic transfers of maize, manioc, and several other plants reveals a common south atlantic world with a core area located in the two facing coasts of the southern ocean. A cultural history of the atlantic world 12501820 will be a foundation stone in the study of the atlantic, simultaneously an entry point for novices, a reference for established scholars, and a guide for future studies. The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of africans into bondage. Africas botanical legacy in the atlantic world situates africa as the origin of food crops, plants, and animals that spread from the continent through the atlantic slave trade into the new world.

Prior to 1680, africas economic and military strength enabled. Europeans contributed their domesticated animals primarily to the americas, the numbers of which rose exponentially and the protein of which boosted peoples height. In this book john thornton engages with several historiographical debates. Africa and africans in the making of the atlantic world. As such, this book offers an impressive entrance into a discussion of slavery and the atlantic world. Book description a cultural history of the atlantic world, 12501820 explores the strong links between the histories of africa, europe, and north and south america. As the meeting point between europe, colonial america, and africa, the history of the atlantic world is a constantly shifting arena, but one which has been a.

The standard belief that europeans introduced rice to west africa and then brought the knowledge of its cultivation to the americas is a fundamental fallacy, one which succeeds in effacing the origins of the crop and the role of africans and africanamerican slaves in transferring the seed, the cultivation skills, and the cultural practices. Africa world books pty ltd, unit 3, 57 frobisher street, osborne park, wa 6017. Crop that came to africa from the americas as a result of the columbian exchange. American food crops, for example, manioc, maize, peanuts, introduced after the sixteenth century 3. Manioc in the afrobrazilian world, 15001800 unm digital.

A 20 th century atlantic activist, carole boyce davies, professor of english and african new world studies, florida international university. West africa, french atlantic commodity circuits, and the provisioning of the french middle passage. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. Until the early nineteenth century, african slaves came to the americas in greater numbers than europeans. An african slaving port and the atlantic world african studies mariana candido on. Nielsen book data summary this book explores africas involvement in the atlantic world from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. The rise of the west and the westerndominated economy, however, was a powerful force in influencing the course of african history. The african origins of carolina rice culture jstor. The authors show how brazilian amerindians made manioc flour that portuguese traders took to central africa to provision slave ships. As for the migration of food crops, at least two newworld crops were introduced into africa by the sixteenth century. An african slaving port and the atlantic world african studies.

In the shadow of slavery provides a startling new assessment of the atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves were forced to produce to the foods. The purpose of atlantic history, as outlined in the introduction, is the study of the convergence and conflict of numerous african, caribbean, european, north. With historians and other scholars beginning to reconceptualize the atlantic world as a dynamic zone of exchange in which people, commodities, and ideas circulated from the midfifteenth century until the dawn of the twentieth century, the interconnections between people along the atlantic rim create a coherent region, one in which events in. As an africanist, thornton argues that a major gap in atlantic historiography concerns the lack of attention paid to the dynamics of precolonial african. Africa, europe, and the americas before 1450 patricia pearson 2. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Carney and richard nicholas rosomoffs in the shadow of slavery. Slaves were also employed in the city, many of them in the.

Europeans contributed their domesticated animals primarily to. John thornton captures the moment africa, europe and the americas came together and the new world that was created. Slave trade sugar plantation african slave global history west african coast. Carney and richard nicholas rosomoff draw on archaeological records, oral histories, and the accounts of slave ship captains to show how slaves food plotsbotanical gardens of the dispossessedbecame the incubators of african survival in the americas and africanized the. The making and unmaking of an atlantic world oxford.

Judith carney and richard rosomoff, in the shadow of slavery jstor. Africa and africans in the making of the atlantic world, 14001800. It offers important new starting points for discussing the impact of the slave trade in west africa. Native americans enriched the rest of the atlantic world with their plants the most important of which were the potato, maize, and manioc.

This article is within the scope of wikiproject africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of africa on wikipedia. In the early modern period, this world centered in southern atlantic reached as far as the amazon waterways and east africa. Africa and africans in the making of the atlantic world, 14001800 by john k. Along with peanuts and manioc, maize came to africa and. South africa southern africa area least affected by atlantic slave trade dominated by regional kingdoms, for example, great zimbabwe zimbabwe traded gold, copper directly to swahili controlled most of area until disrupted by portuguese on coast europeans in south africa after the fifteenth century portuguese visited area, used it as temporary stopover to indian ocean. The atlantic world europeans africans indians and their. It was a major port, belonging to the atlantic world, to the triangular trading network between europe, africa and america. Part of the cambridge imperial and postcolonial studies series book series.

Western africa, bordering the north atlantic ocean and senegal geographic coordinates. Atlantic world department of history brown university. In a series of 11 stand alone chapters, divided into 2 sections, thornton first focused on the political and social structures of africans along the west coast of africa the ones most impacted by the slave trade and i supposedly read this for the. West africa, french atlantic commodity circuits, and the provisioning of the french middle passage december 2008 history of european. This book explores africas involvement in the atlantic world from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the. Thornton focusing especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in africa, in europe, and in the new world, this book explores africas involvement in the.

Africa and the africans in the age of the atlantic slave trade. Contact and conquest in africa and the americas timothy p. By controlling and taxing the transsaharan trade in gold, the kings of ghana gained the. The columbian exchange ap us history study guide from. Before it became the new world, the western hemisphere was vastly. Top this article has been rated as topimportance on the projects. Fusion foodways of africas gold coast in the atlantic era brill.

Europeans, africans, indians and their shared history, 1400 1900, is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on the history of the atlantic world. This book is an excellent resource on africa and a mustread in the atlantic world category. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in africa, in europe, and in the new world. The world of the atlantic before the atlantic world. Stay up to speed on all we have to offerplus activities, crafts, and blogs for parents and educators in our newsletter. Atlantic world history refers to relationships and interactions between the peoples of the americas, africa and europe, from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century, as these regions came to constitute a single, integrated system, joined rather than separated by the atlantic ocean.

These people, he says, were thrilled when dobyns revisited the subject in a book, their. Supposedly, the worlds largest manioc tuber grew in a private farm in abaokuta, nigeria, measuring a whopping three meters. The atlantic world provides a comprehensive and lucid history of one of the most important and impactful crosscultural encounters in human history. Shadow of slavery is an ambitious book that reconstructs and inserts africas. Newworld crops were introduced into africa by the sixteenth century. The south atlantic columbian exchange frederico freitas.

Chapter 25 africa and the atlantic world the chapter in perspective subsaharan africa, was influenced, like most of the rest of the world, by the establishment of global trading networks during the early modern age. Judith carney and richard rosomoff, in the shadow of. Africa and the atlantic world study guide flashcards from natarshia c. From the end of the 16 th century until 1850, it was a key entry point of slaves from africa, since sugar plantations were the main activity of its hinterland. Until woods 1974 pathbreaking book, black majority, accounts of rice begin. Manioc is a tall, woody shrub with dark green leaves.

The story of europeans in the new world, the book explained, is the story of the creation of a civilization where none existed. An african slaving port in the atlantic world is the first history of benguela from its founding to the end of the slaving era. European merchants, lured by the possibility for trading opportunities, increasingly visited the west african coasts. Commodities such as rice, sugar, tobacco, salt, and cod have been the subjects of popular renderings. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. A variant of this statement is put forth by curtin in the atlantic slave trade. Slavery common in traditional africa a slaves typically war captives, criminals, or outcasts.