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Pawnship, Slavery And Colonialism In Africa

ISBN-13: 9781592210404

Contributor(s): Toyin Falola (edited by), Paul E Lovejoy (edited by)

Subjects: African Studies (Regional)

Publisher: Africa World Press

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 01-11-2003

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£39.95

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About the book

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.

Pawnship, Slavery And Colonialism In Africa

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