EL DORADO IN WEST AFRICA: THE GOLDMINING FRONTIER, AFRICAN LABOR, AND COLONIAL CAPITALISM IN THE GOLD COAST, 1875-1900.

Dumett, Raymond E. 1998. EL DORADO IN WEST AFRICA: THE GOLDMINING FRONTIER, AFRICAN LABOR, AND COLONIAL CAPITALISM IN THE GOLD COAST, 1875-1900. Athens: Ohio University Press and Oxford: James Currey. 396 pp. $44.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

For centuries West Africa has had the image of the land of gold, as the name Gold Coast demonstrates. Both myth and reality about the region's gold resources have attracted Africans and non-Africans, including Arabs and Europeans, in search of this precious mineral. In this excellent book focusing on the Wassa area of the Southwestern Gold ...

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