Glossary

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. ORTHOGRAPHIC NOTES xv
5. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
6. Introduction. Geology and West African History 1
7. 1. A Tale of Two Miners in Tinkoto, Senegal, 2014 29
8. 2. West Africa’s Ritual Geology, 800–1900 58
9. 3. Making Customary Mining in French West Africa 86
10. 4. Colonial Geology and African Gold Discoveries 108
11. 5. Mineral Mapping and the Global Cold War in Sénégal Oriental 129
12. 6. A West African Language of Subterranean Rights 153
13. 7. Race, Islam, and Ethnicity in the Pits 177
14. Conclusion. Subterranean Granaries 201
15. Glossary 207
16. Notes 211
17. Bibliography 259
18. Index 295