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Identity in the Shadow of Slavery
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 29.95Addresses issues relating to the gender, ethnic and cultural factors through which enslaved Africans and their descendents interpreted their lives under slavery, thereby creating communities with a shared sense of identity. The focus of the book is on the ways in which identities were formulated under slavery and the ways in which the struggle to escape... more...
Transformations in Slavery
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00A history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries. more...
Unfree Labour in the Development of the Atlantic World
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 69.95This collection of essays examines the different forms of unfree labour that contributed to the development of the Atlantic world and, by extension, the debates and protests that emerged concerning labour servitude and the abolition of slavery in the West. more...
Consuming Habits
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 35.98This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psycho- active substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations and the growth of the world economy. Consuming Habits describes how and why: tea and coffee... more...
Hugh Clapperton into the Interior of Africa
BRILL 2005; US$ 69.00Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer and diplomat, made two expeditions into the interior of West Africa, the first across the Sahara Desert and the second inland from the Bight of Benin. His first expedition in 1822-24, crossed the Sahara to Borno. A second expedition, also an official mission of the British Government, was undertaken in 1825-27 and... more...
Consuming Habits
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures... more...
Slow Death for Slavery
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 62.00This book examines the gradual decline of slavery in Northern Nigeria during the first forty years of colonial rule. At the time of the British conquest, the Sokoto Caliphate was one of the largest slave societies in modern history. The authors have writt more...
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