Moslems of Dagombah and Salagha in the Costumes of their Countries
This engraving shows three Muslim men in full regalia. The one on the left holds a tall spear. Dagomba are located in the northern Voltaic region. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Salaga was a key market town particularly for the kola nut trade. Gonja, a powerful kingdom, ruled Salaga whose inhabitants included: Gonja, Hausas, Wangaras, Dagombas, Gurmas and other groups. Joseph Dupuis (1789–1874) was Consul and Vice-Consul for the British Government between 1811 and 1842. He made several trips to Africa, including a meeting with the Asantehene Osei Bonsu in 1820 in an effort to solidify trading arrangements and resolve territorial disputes following British abolition of the slave trade in 1807.
Image Title
Moslems of Dagombah and Salagha in the Costumes of their Countries
RegID
SI-OB-885
Date
1824
Title
Moslems of Dagombah and Salagha in the Costumes of their Countries
Source
Joseph Dupuis, Journal of a Residence in Ashantee, comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of Western Africa, chiefly collected from Arabic mss. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea; to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war (London: Henry Colburn, 1824), facing p. 72.
Language
English
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic--Salaga
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
2007; 28-Aug-19
Identifier
B024