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

I wish I had the linguistic skills to write a similar book about the central Saharan trade, as Ms. Lydon does a great service in opening up the history of trade in the western side of the Sahara. Fascinating for the specialist and even for the casual reader of African history. A boost to what Eric Wolf famously called The People without History.