CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. List of plates, maps, tables and figures ix
5. List of abbreviations xii
6. A note on currency xiii
7. A note on orthography xiv
8. 1 Introduction 1
9. 2 The political economy of a migration 11
10. 3 Yoruba townsmen in the northern Gold Coast 42
11. 4 The Yoruba traders 80
12. 5 Success and failure in trade 107
13. 6 The Yoruba community in Tamale 140
14. 7 Traders, migrants and the state 176
15. Appendix: A note on methods 198
16. Notes 200
17. Bibliography 215
18. Index 226