Our New Husbands Are Here

Contents

vii Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Households, Gender, and Politics in West African History 1 Part i Chapter 1 Origins The Founding of Baté, 1650–1750 23 Chapter 2 Growth Warfare and Exile, Commerce and Expansion, 1750–1850 49 Chapter 3 Conflict Warfare and Captivity, 1850–81 74 Chapter 4 Occupation Samori Touré and Baté, 1881–91 92 Part ii Chapter 5 Conquest Warfare, Marriage, and French Statecraft 115 Chapter 6 Colonization Households and the French Occupation 141 Chapter 7 Separate Spheres? Colonialism in Practice 161 Conclusion Making States in the Milo River Valley, 1650–1910 178 viii w Contents Appendix 1 Maramagbe and Abdurahamane Kaba Family Tree 187 Appendix 2 Baté’s Settlements, Family Names, and Neighbors 188 Notes 191 Bibliography 241 Index 263 ...