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Ransoming, captivity & piracy in Africa and the Mediterranean

Title
Ransoming, captivity & piracy in Africa and the Mediterranean / edited by Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo.
Author
Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Ransoming Practices (2014 : York University (Toronto, Ont.))
Publication
  • Trenton : Africa World Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Lofkrantz, Jennifer, 1975-
  • Ojo, Olatunji
Description
xiv, 371 pages : map; 23 cm
Series Statement
The Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora
Uniform Title
Harriet Tubman series (Trenton, N.J.)
Alternative Title
Ransoming, captivity and piracy in Africa and the Mediterranean
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • History.
Note
  • "This volume arises from a conference, "Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Ransoming Practices, " that was held at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University on April 25-26, 2014."--Preface.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.
Contents
Ransoming practices in historical and contemporary perspective / Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo -- "Para que me saque cabesea por cabesa..." : exchanging Muslim and Christian slaves across the Mediterranean / Daniel Hershenzon -- Ransoming "Turks" from France's royal galleys / Gillian Weiss -- Ransoming practices and "Barbary Coast" slavery : negotiations relating to Liverpool slave traders in the late eighteenth century / Suzanne Schwarz -- "The disgrace of Christendom" : shipwreck and "ransoming" in southern Morocco (1780s-1820s) / Mohamed H. Mohamed -- Idealism and pragmatism : the related West African discourses on identity, captivity, and ransoming / Jennifer Lofkrantz -- European captives and African captors on the Gold Coast, 1869-1874 / Olatunji Ojo -- West African responses to illegal enslavement and failed ransom negotiations / Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo -- Biafra and the AGIP oil workers : ransoming and the modern nation state in perspective / Roy Doron -- Deferred reciprocity : historical and theoretical perspectives on ransoming and the ethics of compensatory justice / Amy Niang -- Evolution and socio-political economy of ransoming in Nigeria since the late twentieth century / Akachi Odoemene -- Contemporary piracy and ransoming off the coast of Somalia / Abdi M. Kusow -- From hostage taking to ransoming : (ab)use of ransoming in 21st century northeast Africa : the lifecycle of piracy in Somalia / Awet T. Weldemichael.
Call Number
Sc E 16-1079
ISBN
  • 9781569024911
  • 156902491X
  • 9781569024928
  • 1569024928
LCCN
2016020335
OCLC
945719592
Conference
Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Ransoming Practices (2014 : York University (Toronto, Ont.))
Title
Ransoming, captivity & piracy in Africa and the Mediterranean / edited by Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo.
Publisher
Trenton : Africa World Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora
Harriet Tubman series (Trenton, N.J.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.
Added Author
Lofkrantz, Jennifer, 1975- editor.
Ojo, Olatunji, editor.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-1079
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