An accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 with comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region.

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.

Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 g

This book establishes Central Africa as the origin of most Africans brought to English and Dutch American colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and South Am

Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires.