AReliable Account Of The Coast Of Guinea

This Is The First Complete English Translation Of Ludewig Ferdinand Rømer's Sensitive Account Of The Gold Coast presentday Ghana In The Mideighteenth CenturyAVital Resource On The History Of West Africa, Rømer's Work Offers Rich Descriptions Of African Societies, Trading Practices With Europe, And ReligionLudewig Ferdinand Rømer Was Employed In West Africa From To By The Danish West India And Guinea CompanyHe Published Two Books About The Gold Coast, AShort One In , And Then His More Substantial AReliable Account Of The Coast Of Guinea In Rømer Deals With The Operation Of The Various European Trading Companies, And Discusses The Africaneuropean Relations That He Had WitnessedBut The Real Value Of His Work Lies In His Descriptions Of The Local Contextthe African Traders And Customers, Their Societies, Practices And ReligionAnd He Was Much Interested In African History, Particularly From Oral TraditionsThis Edition principally Of Rømer's Text, But Drawing On His Volume Too Makes Available An Uncommon Source For The History Of West AfricaThis Edition Of Rømer's Volume Was Runnerup For The African Studies Association's Texts Prize, .
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