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Slavery, resistance, and identity in early modern West Africa : the ethnic-state of Gajaaga

Title
Slavery, resistance, and identity in early modern West Africa : the ethnic-state of Gajaaga / Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré, Pomona College.
Author
Traoré, Makhroufi Ousmane
Publication
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
  • ©2024

Details

Description
xiii, 459 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Exploring the complexities of identity in precolonial West Africa, Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré shows the Soninke community's resistance to the slave trades led to the formation of a united community bound by an awareness of ethnic belonging. Traoré highlights the varied ways in which West Africans crafted and negotiated their identities"--
Series Statement
African identities: past and present
Uniform Title
African identities: past and present.
Alternative Title
Ethnic-state of Gajaaga
Subject
  • Group identity > Africa, West
  • Slave trade > Africa, West
  • Identité collective > Afrique occidentale
  • Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique occidentale
  • Group identity
  • Slave trade
  • West Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781009282345
  • 1009282344
  • 9781009282352 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781009282314 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023012757
OCLC
YBP 2023012757
Author
Traoré, Makhroufi Ousmane, author.
Title
Slavery, resistance, and identity in early modern West Africa : the ethnic-state of Gajaaga / Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré, Pomona College.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date
©2024
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
African identities: past and present
African identities: past and present.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Traoré, Makhroufi Ousmane. Slavery, resistance, and identity in early modern West Africa New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009282352 (DLC) 2023012758
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