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Title: | San and the Sanké: a history of a Marka-Malinke trading city on the Niger |
Author: | Massing, Andreas W. |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Mande Studies |
Volume: | 11 |
Pages: | 23-53 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mali |
Subjects: | towns urban history social history local government Manding Soninke |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/44035617 |
Abstract: | The Niger inland delta has created favourable conditions for urbanization between the Bani and Niger rivers. The Niger-Bani triangle led to population concentrations in locations along a north-south trade route. It attracted numerous Marka (Soninke) migrants from northern regions who colonized the floodplain. The town of San (in present-day Mali) was part of this Soninke-Marka network. Based on archival sources and interviews, this paper examines the historical process of San's urbanization, its traditional institutions, as well as colonial and postindependence urban development and the views of Malian actors on the current decentralization and democratization process. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [ASC Leiden abstract] |