Landlords and Brokers: A West African Trading System (With a note on Kumasi Butchers)

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1965-05

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University of Ghana, Legon.

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In this summary article I am concerned firstly to generalise about the West African "landlord system of long-distance trade"; secondly to provide a little comparative material relating to an important cattle market, Kumasi, where the traditional credit – granting system has broken down; and thirdly to raise some points about the changing organisation of Hausa butchers, again with special reference to Kumasi.

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Cattle, Butcher, Cattle market, Kumasi, Ghana

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