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Robyn d’Avignon, A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. Durham NC and London: Duke University Press (hb US$104.95 – 978 1 4780 1583 3; pb US$27.95 – 978 1 4780 1847 6). 2022, xvi + 304 pp.

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Robyn d’Avignon, A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. Durham NC and London: Duke University Press (hb US$104.95 – 978 1 4780 1583 3; pb US$27.95 – 978 1 4780 1847 6). 2022, xvi + 304 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2024

David Damtar*
Affiliation:
Oriel College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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2 N. Yakovleva and D. A. Vazquez-Brust (2018) ‘Multinational mining enterprises and artisanal small-scale miners: from confrontation to cooperation’, Journal of World Business 53 (1): 52–62.

3 G. Lynch (2018) ‘Ethnicity in Africa’ in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History [online], <https://oxfordre.com/africanhistory/>.