Pawnship, Slavery And Colonialism In Africa

by Toyin Falola

Pawnship, Slavery And Colonialism In Africa

  • ISBN-13: 9781592210404
  • Author(s): Toyin Falola
  • Editor(s): Toyin Falola, Paul E Lovejoy
  • Subject: African studies
  • Publisher: Africa World Press
  • Imprint: Africa World Press
  • Publication Date: 01-11-2003
  • Format: p/b

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A collection of 20 essays that explore the institution of debt bondage in Africa in which individuals were held as collateral, usually by members of the same family, in lieu of debts that had been incurred. Also explores how the pressure of the international slave trade, especially along the West African coast, further shaped the institution of pawnship and allowed the extension of credit into the interior of West Africa.
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A collection of 20 essays that explore the institution of debt bondage in Africa in which individuals were held as collateral, usually by members of the same family, in lieu of debts that had been incurred. Also explores how the pressure of the international slave trade, especially along the West African coast, further shaped the institution of pawnship and allowed the extension of credit into the interior of West Africa.

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