Deep roots rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora - Fields-Black, Edda L.; ebrary, Inc. (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2008)
The Rio Nunez region : a small corner of West Africa's rice coast region -- The first-comers and the roots of coastal rice-growing technology -- The newcomers and the seeds of tidal rice-growing technology -- Coastal collaboration and specialization : flowering of tidal rice-growing technologies -- The strangers and the branches of coastal rice-growing technology -- Feeding the slave trade : the trade in rice and captives from West Africa's rice coast -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : fieldwork interviews -- Appendix 2 : rice terminology in Atlantic languages spoken in the coastal Rio Nunez region.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Nalu (African people) -- Agriculture -- Guinea; Baga (African people) -- Agriculture -- Guinea; Rice farmers -- Guinea -- History -- 18th century; Rice trade -- Guinea -- History -- 18th century; Slave trade -- Guinea -- History -- 18th century; Rice -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century; Rice -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century; Slavery -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century; Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century; Electronic books