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African Systems of Slavery

ISBN-13: 9781592217250

Contributor(s): Stephanie Beswick (edited by), Jay Spaulding (edited by)

Subjects: African Studies (Regional)

Publisher: Africa World Press

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 18-03-2010

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£29.95

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About the book

Continuing the discussion initiated by Suzanne Miers and Igor Kopytoff's seminal study Slavery in Africa (University of Wisconsin Press, 1980), this volume of academic essays gives a nuanced understanding of African institutions of subordination. Containing new insights from some of the original contributors, as well as essays from promising newcomers, the main thread of argument running through this collection is that while some historical situations can be compared to Western or Islamic concepts of slavery, others cannot and must be approached on their own terms.

African Systems of Slavery

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