{"product_id":"the-forgotten-diaspora-jewish-communities-in-west-africa-and-the-making-of-the-atlantic-world-hardback-9780521192866","title":"The Forgotten Diaspora; Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World (Hardback) 9780521192866","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Forgotten Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petit Côte.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Mark (Author), José da Silva Horta (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521192866, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 8 b\/w illus.  3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… meticulously researched … this path-breaking book has persuasively demonstrated the importance of West African Jews for understanding the early modern Atlantic world.' Daniel J. Schroeter, Journal of African History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam and were protected from agents of the Inquisition by local Muslim rulers. The Petite Côte communities included several Jews of mixed Portuguese-African heritage as well as African wives, offspring, and servants. The blade weapons trade was an important part of their commercial activities. These merchants participated marginally in the slave trade but fully in the arms trade, illegally supplying West African markets with swords. This arms trade depended on artisans and merchants based in Morocco, Lisbon, and northern Europe and affected warfare in the Sahel and along the Upper Guinea Coast. The study discovers previously unknown Jewish communities and by doing so offers a reinterpretation of the dynamics and processes of identity construction throughout the Atlantic world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Two Sephardic communities on Senegal's Petite Côte\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jewish identity in Senegambia\u003cbr\u003e 3. Religious interaction: Catholics, Jews, and Muslims in early 17th-century Upper Guinea\u003cbr\u003e 4. The blade weapons trade in seventeenth-century West Africa\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Luso-African ivories as historical source for the weapons trade and for the Jewish presence in Guinea of Cape Verde\u003cbr\u003e 6. The later years: merchant mobility and the evolution of identity\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix I\u003cbr\u003e Appendix II.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jewish studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jewish studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jewish%20studies%20%5BJFSR1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR1\u003c\/a\u003e], African history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on African history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22African%20history%20%5BHBJH%5D%22\"\u003eHBJH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913255706904,"sku":"9780521192866","price":95.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521192866i_4bc0ae90-23dd-479c-9c96-409718dd0054.jpg?v=1691373592","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-forgotten-diaspora-jewish-communities-in-west-africa-and-the-making-of-the-atlantic-world-hardback-9780521192866","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}