A collection bringing together key essays on the history of slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa. Paul Lovejoy's work explores the role of slavery in

Walking Qur'an: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and History in West Africa

Commercial Transitions and Abolition in West Africa 1630–1860 offers a fresh perspective on why, in the nineteenth century, the most important West African st

Though the history of slavery is a central topic for African, Atlantic world and world history, most of the sources presenting research in this area are Europea

Mohammed Bashir Salau addresses the neglected literature on Atlantic Slavery in West Africa by looking at the plantation operations at Fanisau in Hausaland, and