A Ritual Geology
Author(s)
d'Avignon, Robyn
Collection
Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)Language
EnglishAbstract
Robyn d’Avignon tells the history of West Africa’s centuries-old indigenous gold mining industries and its shared practices, prohibitions, and cosmological engagements.
Keywords
gold; geology; West Africa; artisanal mining; Senegal; environmentDOI
10.1215/9781478023074ISBN
9781478092674, 9781478023074, 9781478015833, 9781478018476, 9781478092674Publisher
Duke University PressPublisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Publication date and place
Durham, 2022Classification
Social and cultural anthropology