1st Edition

Africa's Slaves Today

By Jonathan Derrick Copyright 1975
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

Africa’s Slaves Today , first published in 1975, examines the question of the persistence of slavery in modern Africa. It concludes that slavery is by no means dead in certain regions, but that at the same time clear-cut definitions of ‘slave’ and ‘free’ are often impossible to establish. In the Sahara particularly centuries of tradition involving slavery or semi-slavery have ensured a... Read more

1. The Moors and their Slaves  2. Tuareg and Other Sahara Slaves  3. Savanna Slaves  4. Black African Slaves and Serfs  5. The Old Slave-Trade  6. One-Way Trips to Arabia  7. Ethiopia’s Modern Slaves  8. Colonisation and Forced Labour  9. Forced Labour in the White South  10. Forced Labour in Liberia  11. Modern Exploitation  12. Action on Slavery

Biography

Jonathan Derrick