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Vient de paraître African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade en deux volumes sous la direction de Alice Bellagamba , Sandra E. Green et Martin A. Klein aux Cambridge UP
Le 9 mars 2018 à 10h20
Vient de paraître African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade en deux volumes sous la direction de Alice
"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 European in origin. To cast light on African perspectives, and on the point of view of enslaved men and women, this group of top Africanist scholars has examined both conventional historical sources (such as European travel accounts, colonial documents, court cases, and missionary records) and less-explored sources of information (such as folklore, oral traditions, songs and proverbs, life histories collected by missionaries and colonial officials, correspondence in Arabic, and consular and admiralty interviews with runaway slaves). Each source has a short introduction highlighting its significance and orienting the reader. This first of two volumes provides students and scholars with a trove of African sources for studying African slavery and the slave trade."
"What were the experiences of those in Africa who suffered from the practice of slavery, those who found themselves captured and sold from person to person, those who died on the trails, those who were forced to live in fear ? And what of those Africans who profited from the slave trade and slavery ? What were their perspectives ? How do we access any of these experiences and views ? This volume explores diverse sources such as oral testimonies, possession rituals, Arabic language sources, European missionary, administrative and court records and African intellectual writings to discover what they can tell us about slavery and the slave trade in Africa. Also discussed are the methodologies that can be used to uncover the often hidden experiences of Africans embedded in these sources. This book will be invaluable for students and researchers interested in the history of slavery, the slave trade and post-slavery in Africa."
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Contributors :
Kofi Anyidoho, Alice Bellagamba, Sandra E. Greene, Martin A. Klein, Alessandra Brivio, E. S. D. Fomin, Mohammed Bashir Salau, Francesca Declich, Jeanne Maddox Toungara, Olatunju Ojo, Damian Opata, Dana Rush, Alessandra Brivio, Ahmaddou Sehou, Ute Röschenthaler, Bayo Holsey, Benjamin Claude Brower, George Michael La Rue, Ismael Musa Montana, Pierluigi Valsecchi, Benjamin Acloque, Hideaki Suzuki, Marie Rodet, Bruce Mouser, Trevor Getz, Kristie Mann, Silkie Strickrodt, Richard Roberts, Hilary Jones, Klara Boyer-Rossol, Bruce S. Hall, Yacine Daddi Addoun, Ghislaine Lydon, Elisabeth McMahon, Paolo Gaibazzi, Benedetta Rossi (volume 1) ;
Alice Bellagamba, Sandra E. Greene, Martin A. Klein, Ghislaine Lydon, Bruce Hall, Pierluigi Valsecchi, Oluwatoyin Oduntan, Kristin Mann, Richard Roberts, Alessandra Brivio (volume 2).