Download or read book El Dorado in West Africa written by Raymond E. Dumett and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through the use of field interviews, he also brings to light the expansion of a parallel "African gold-mining frontier," which outpaced the expatriate mining sector.