The Cowrie Currencies of West Africa Part I
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of African History
- Vol. 11 (1), 17-49
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700037427
Abstract
This part of the paper deals with the cowrie shells and their import into West Africa, and the cost of their transport in West Africa; with the cowrie currency area and its changes; with the oddities of cowrie arithmetic; and with the final decline of the cowrie currency. A second part will deal with the value of cowries at various times and places, and with cowrie economics.Keywords
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