This combined with the fact that the colony was oftentimes in desperate need of supplies and the corrupt officials played off that need creates a very unstable cultural environment in which everyone's interdependence was necessary in order to survive. As Hall goes through her story and arguments, she paces it well, doesn't have illogical arguments, and she gives good and relevant background information.
The next chapter is also focusing on the general beginning of the Louisiana culture. The difference in this chapter is the fact that she looks to Africa, or more specifically, Senegambia. Hall argues that Senegambia is the root of traditional African-Creole culture and she gives sound documents and arguments to back up her claim. She then goes through the different tribes of the area and talks about their relations to Colonial Louisiana. She pinpoints the Bambara as the largest ethnic group that is sent to this area and she states that due to their world view and belief system the Bambara culture did not fragment and was heavily influential in the Afro-Creole evolution. The reason for this, as Hall reiterates more than once, "Bambara culture travels well" (52). She discusses the Bambara and other cultures in depth using anthropological and historical methods. Within these methods, Hall seamlessly places her opinions and arguments. The best example would be when she is examining male and female circumcision (49). She does, however, make a fallacy. On page 45, Hall tells us that the Bambara can be studied without overreliance on Eurocentric sources or projecting back in time. The next point of interest uses twentieth century anthropology and she claims that because the traditional Bambara are so conservative, the culture has not changed much. .
The next two chapters discuss the evolution of French Louisiana slave trade, the Company of the Indies, and Bambara relations with Indians and their masters, and the alliances that the Bambara made.
