The Forgotten Diaspora Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World
This 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 we...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Two Sephardic Communities on Senegal's Petite Côte
- 2. Jewish Identity in Senegambia
- 3. Religious Interaction: Catholics, Jews, and Muslims in Early Seventeenth-Century Upper Guinea
- 4. The Blade Weapons Trade in Seventeenth-Century West Africa
- 5. The Luso-African Ivories as Historical Source for the Weapons Trade and for the Jewish Presence in Guinea of Cape Verde
- 6. The Later Years: Merchant Mobility and the Evolution of Identity
- Conclusion
- Appendix I: The Jewish Traders of Porto d'Ale and Joal: Their Relatives ad Some of their New Christian Partners in Senegambia and the United Provinces and Portugal: A Comprehensive List (ca. 1606-ca. 1635)
- Appendix II: A Chronological Outline of the Institutional Proceedings against the Jews of Porto d'Ale and Joal (1611-1643)