Colonial Encounters: Issues of Culture, Hybridity and Creolisation: Portuguese Mercantile Settlers in West Africa

by Jose Lingna Nafafe

This book explores the first encounter in the mid-fifteenth century between Western Europe and the West African Coast, arguing that it did not produce hostility, but rather a climate of beneficial mutual exchange. It examines West African pre-colonial social history and asserts that around the year 1500 West Africa became a safe haven for those fleeing political or religious persecution in Europe. Among them were mercantile settlers, Tangom os or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631527799
• ISBN13: 9783631527795
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"