Djenne et le Ghana : deux modeles sociaux, et la question du commerce trans-saharien

Contenu

Titre

Djenne et le Ghana : deux modeles sociaux, et la question du commerce trans-saharien

Créateur

Ogino, Isabelle Seeleman Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2014

Dans

The Annual of the Institute of Economic Research Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

This paper puts under scrutiny the alleged link between the Trans-Saharian Arabo-Berber trade and the development of complex polities such as the Ghana empire in the West African Sahel. When did Ghana come into existence? As evidence is lacking, the city of Djenne (Jenne) could provide some clues. Meanwhile, the peculiar urbanism of Djenne-Djeno (old Jenne) can be understood as depicting alternative, auto-organizing social relations in the Inland Niger Delta. Furthermore, during the first millennium before and the first millennium after common era, the distinctive «urban cluster» pattern of Djenne-Djeno or Dia in the Macina can be found elsewhere along the Niger Bend and as far downstream as Bentia-Kukiya. Climatic changes affecting the Sahara presumably induced a common Soninke origin for Djenne-Djeno and for the Ghana polity, in both cases via the Neolithic culture of Tichitt. Based on this and on the Wagadu myth of the snake and the rain-maker, some features of Ghana can be underlined. Specifically, the level of economical interactions clearly shows that internal West African networks dealing with copper, salt, stones and staples predated the Trans-Saharian links with the Islamic world, leading to the conclusion that the so-called Arabic stimulus explanation can be dismissed. Finally, the articulation between the two towns of Djenne is addressed.

Langue

fre

volume

45

pages

413-432

uri

http://id.nii.ac.jp/1648/00006518/

Ogino, Isabelle Seeleman, “Djenne et le Ghana : deux modeles sociaux, et la question du commerce trans-saharien”, 2014, bibliographie, consulté le 8 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/10398