@article{2a3572e3e2ed4a98a522d4786c3bb57c,
title = "Histories and Material Manifestations of Slavery in the Upper Gambia River Region: Preliminary Results of the Bandafassi Regional Archaeological Project",
abstract = "The Bandafassi Regional Archaeological Project (BRAP) explores a multiethnic landscape in the upper Gambia River region heavily impacted by slavery. The project assesses discourses of different stakeholders to see what is silenced, acknowledged, centered, and decentered in historical narratives. This article compares if and how slavery is invoked by narrators discussing the Atlantic era history of our study area, a region that today includes the UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape of Bassari Country. Narratives presented by local guides specializing in tours of specific, ethnic communities emphasize intercommunity or interethnic politics and militarism. Narratives used in applications for and recognition of World Heritage status focused on interethnic ecological complementarities. Archaeological evidence for changes in settlement patterns and defensive architecture highlight the local effects of Atlantic entanglements and slaving on the landscape. BRAP{\textquoteright}s work complements other regional narratives by analyzing the politics of the historiography of Atlantic era West Africa.",
keywords = "archaeology, Atlantic era, historiography, landscape, Senegal, slavery, West Africa",
author = "Kroot, {Matthew V.} and Cameron Gokee",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a Multi-Country Research Fellowship from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, an Institute for Field Research archaeological field school; a Faculty Development Grant and Ad Hoc Funding from Skidmore College; and a University Research Council grant from Appalachian State University. Funding Information: This work was supported by a Multi-Country Research Fellowship from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, an Institute for Field Research archaeological field school; a Faculty Development Grant and Ad Hoc Funding from Skidmore College; and a University Research Council grant from Appalachian State University. We would like to thank Abdoul Aziz Guiss?, in the Minist?re de la Culture et du Patrimoine Historique Class? au S?n?gal and Ibrahima Thaiw of l?Institut Fondamental d?Afrique Noir for their support. We would also like to thank students from IFAN and the 2016 IFR field school. Finally, we thank Doba Diallo, Marc Keita, Aim? Kantoussan, Adama Athie, and the communities of Ethiowar, Tenkoto, and Daande for welcoming us into the study of their archaeology and history. This research was conducted under the auspices of the Minist?re de la Culture et du Patrimoine Historique Class? au S?n?gal permit number DPC/NS 01-007-003. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1080/21619441.2019.1589712",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
pages = "74--104",
journal = "Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage",
issn = "2161-9441",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}