Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa / edited by Henri Medard & Shane Doyle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medard, Henri, editor.

Doyle, Shane (Shane Declan), editor.

Series:

Eastern African studies (London, England)

East African Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Great Lakes Region (Africa)--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--Great Lakes Region (Africa)--History--20th century.

Slavery--Africa, East--History--19th century.

Slavery--Africa, East--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : James Currey, 2007.

Summary:

Examines slavery in the Great Lakes region and the complex role of Africans from the interior in the trade.Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region than often has been assumed and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognised.These ten 10 studies by the most prominent historiansof the region. They reveal the connections between the peoples of the region as well as their encounters with conquering Europeans.Slavery was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labour was fine.This book challenges the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as the result of the international trade.HENRI MEDARD is a Lecturer in History at the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and Cemaj;SHANE DOYLE is a Lecturer in History at Leeds UniversityContributors include: DAVID SCHOENBRUN, JAN-GEORG DEUTSCH, MARK LEOPOLD, RICHARD REID, HOLLY HANSON, EDWARD I. STEINHART, JEAN-PIERRE CHRETIEN Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821445747

082144574X

OCLC:

973182888