Makhroufi Ousmane Traore (California Pomona College)

Broschiertes Buch

Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa

Beschreibung

Exploring the complexities of identity in precolonial West Africa, Makhroufi Ousmane Traorà 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. Traorà highlights the varied ways in which West Africans crafted and negotiated their identities.

Autor

Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré is Assistant Professor at Pomona College and an African scholar whose research primarily focuses on the history of the Trans-Saharan and Transatlantic slave trades. He was awarded the 2022 Andrew Mellon New Directions Fellowship. With this fellowship, Traoré endeavors to shine a light on the unheard voices of African Egyptologists with the publication of a textbook featuring African perspectives on Egyptology.

Produktdetails

• African Identities: Past and Present
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 473
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781009282338
• ISBN-10: 1009282336
• Artikelnr.: 73391124