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Long-Distance Trade-Routes in Central Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

J. Vansina
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The structure of indigenous trade in Central Africa makes it necessary to distinguish between three different types of trade. There is first the local trade from village to village within a given population. The goods exchanged are generally specialized products from local industry, and the exchange comes about because some villages possess supplies of raw materials which are not available to others, e.g. pottery clay, or because they are inhabited by specialists such as smiths or woodcarvers who are not available in others. This type of trade is conducted in local markets, and generally speaking, currency of some sort is in use. It is still alive today, and one can assume that it is very old, since such a system shows little dynamism. The necessities remain the same; the organization is simple and efficient.

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The Journal of African History , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , November 1962 , pp. 375 - 390
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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