When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved ...
Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism and profit.
Who Makes History? -- The Atlantic Slave Trade -- Summary of Chapters -- pt. ONE TEXTS -- ch. One Hans Lykke of Osu -- Hermeneutics -- A Death-Wish -- Writing Hans Lykke -- History Continues -- ...
WHENEVER the topic of slavery is raised, it is usually the Trans-Atlantic trade, yet it is only a fragment of a much longer story of human bondage and suffering. There are also popular misconceptions ...