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BOOK REVIEW: THE MANILLA MONEY OF WEST AFRICAThis is the first of two recently published books I learned about while editing Jim Bulmer's article elsewhere in this issue on the European primitive money group EUCOPRIMO. The text of this review
has been machine translated from German to English. -Editor
The money manillas from Portugal, England and France are among the best-known non-monetary means of payment in West Africa. Arm, foot and neck are probably the most widespread jewelery objects in Africa. The interested person is thus faced with the task of determining from the flood of metallic hoops and rings those that were really made and used as non-monetary means of payment Denk supports the collector (ethnologists, traders, museum administrators, historians, etc.) in this differentiation with scientific completeness and accuracy. He "animates" his objects by placing them in their historical and ethnological context and showing their significance for the colonial policy of the time - money manillas have always been a product manufactured and imported by the Europeans.  It has become the reference work in this field. Think, Rolf: The manilla money of West Africa. Searching for evidence and forensics 1439-2016. Rüsselsheim 2017, 247 pages. Hardcover 55,00 EUR, Paperback 35,00 EUR. (book on demand) To read the complete article, see: Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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