On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law Trade Networks and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa

This study is the first of its kind to examine the history and organization of trans-Saharan trade in western Africa using original source material. It documents the internal dynamics of a trade network system based on a case study of Berber traders from the Wad Nun region who specialized in outfitting camel caravans in the nineteenth century.