Africa's Untold Stories

Next up on the road of discomfort...Central & Southern Africa. Here we focus on a few examples and zoom in on the unique impacts of European arrival on African societies.

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REFERENCES:

Lovejoy, P. E. (2011). Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Niekerk, V., & Gardiol, J.M. (2004). Slavery in pre-contact Africa. Fundamina: a Journal of Legal History, 2004, 210-223.

General History of Africa, Volume 5. Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century-UNESCO (1992)

Kalle Gustafsson. (2005). The Trade in Slaves in Ovamboland, ca.1850-1910. African Economic History, 33, 31–68. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4617604

Welcome back! We continue our exploration of slavery, this time in East Africa, where we zoom in on the practices of the Swahili, Ethiopian and Unyamwezi folk.

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Rodney, W. (1969). GOLD AND SLAVES ON THE GOLD COAST. Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, 10, 13–28. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406348

Röschenthaler, U. (2013). The Blood Men of Old Calabar – a Slave Revolt of the Nineteenth Century? In A. Bellagamba, S. E. Greene, & M. A. Klein (Eds.), African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade (pp. 445–465). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Obichere, B. I. (1983). The Social Character of Slavery in Asante and Dahomey. Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 12(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/F7123017144 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/72k2n7m2

Manning, P. (2006). Slavery & Slave Trade in West Africa 1450-1930. In E. K. Akyeampong (Ed.), Themes in West Africa’s History (pp. 99–117). chapter, Boydell & Brewer.

A. E. M. GIBSON, SLAVERY IN WESTERN AFRICA BY A WEST AFRICAN, African Affairs, Volume 3, Issue IX, October 1903, Pages 17–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093262

Rodriguez J. P. (1997). The historical encyclopedia of world slavery. ABC-CLIO

Lovejoy, P. E. (2011). Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

General History of Africa, Volume 5. Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century-UNESCO (1992)

Medard, H., & Doyle, S. (Eds.). (2007). Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa. Boydell & Brewer.

Today we take a lighthearted route through the painful history of slavery but with a focus on slavery among Africans in West Africa. This is the beginning of a mini-series to explore slavery throughout the continent up until the present day. Hope you stick with us all the way!

Rodney, W. (1969). GOLD AND SLAVES ON THE GOLD COAST. Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, 10, 13–28. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406348

Röschenthaler, U. (2013). The Blood Men of Old Calabar – a Slave Revolt of the Nineteenth Century? In A. Bellagamba, S. E. Greene, & M. A. Klein (Eds.), African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade (pp. 445–465). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Obichere, B. I. (1983). The Social Character of Slavery in Asante and Dahomey. Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 12(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/F7123017144 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/72k2n7m2

Manning, P. (2006). Slavery & Slave Trade in West Africa 1450-1930. In E. K. Akyeampong (Ed.), Themes in West Africa’s History (pp. 99–117). chapter, Boydell & Brewer.

A. E. M. GIBSON, SLAVERY IN WESTERN AFRICA BY A WEST AFRICAN, African Affairs, Volume 3, Issue IX, October 1903, Pages 17–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093262

Rodriguez J. P. (1997). The historical encyclopedia of world slavery. ABC-CLIO

Lovejoy, P. E. (2011). Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

General History of Africa, Volume 5. Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century-UNESCO (1992)