{"product_id":"slavery-resistance-and-identity-in-early-modern-west-africa-the-ethnic-state-of-gajaaga-hardback-9781009282345","title":"Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa; The Ethnic-State of Gajaaga (Hardback) 9781009282345","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSlavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Ethnic-State of Gajaaga\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the resistance to the slave trades in seventeenth and eighteenth-century West Africa, and the impact this had on local identities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMakhroufi Ousmane Traoré (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009282345, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e474 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book will provoke new and interesting scholarly discussions and bring an important area of West Africa into broader historical conversations from which it has previously been missing. The work is highly original, both in the research presented and in the ideas it explores. It will be more than welcome to historians of precolonial Africa, the slave trade, Islamic Africa, French empire, and comparative slavery.' Rebecca Shumway, American Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetween the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than fifteen million people were uprooted from West Africa and enslaved in the Trans-Saharan and Transatlantic slave systems The state of Gajaage, located on the West African hinterland, offered a doorway to the Atlantic Ocean and played a central role in the wide-scale trade system that connected the histories of Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Focussing on the Soninke of Gajaaga, Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré demonstrates how their resistance to the slave trades led to the formation of a united community bound by an awareness of identity. This original study expands our understanding of the various modes of resistance West Africans employed to stem the encroaching tide of Arab imperializing efforts, European mercantile capitalism, and the Atlantic slave trade, whilst also highlighting how ethnic and religious identities were constructed and mobilized in the region.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Between the Sahara and the Atlantic Ocean: 1. The ethnic-state of Gajaaga\u003cbr\u003e 2. African slavery versus the slave trade(s)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Atlantic Slavery, Kingship, and Worship of Nature: 3. Trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic Gajaaga\u003cbr\u003e 4. Matriarchy, ecology, and Atlantic slave trade\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Gajaaga at the centre, the French Empire at the Edge: 5. Resisting the French empire\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bridging empire and hinterland\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: African history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on African history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22African%20history%20%5BHBJH%5D%22\"\u003eHBJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413976477976,"sku":"9781009282345","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009282345i.jpg?v=1784333012","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/slavery-resistance-and-identity-in-early-modern-west-africa-the-ethnic-state-of-gajaaga-hardback-9781009282345","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}