02779nam 2200553 450 991016493270332120200520144314.00-8214-4574-X(CKB)3710000001064405(MiAaPQ)EBC4806525(Au-PeEL)EBL4806525(CaPaEBR)ebr11346399(OCoLC)973182888(BIP)060056534(EXLCZ)99371000000106440520170303h20072007 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSlavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa /edited by Henri Medard & Shane DoyleOxford, [England] :James Currey,2007.20071 online resource (288 pages) illustrations, mapsEast African Studies0-8214-1793-2 0-8214-1792-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Examines slavery in the Great Lakes region and the complex role of Africans from the interior in the trade.Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region than often has been assumed and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognised.These ten 10 studies by the most prominent historiansof the region. They reveal the connections between the peoples of the region as well as their encounters with conquering Europeans.Slavery was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labour was fine.This book challenges the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as the result of the international trade.HENRI MEDARD is a Lecturer in History at the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and Cemaj;SHANE DOYLE is a Lecturer in History at Leeds UniversityContributors include: DAVID SCHOENBRUN, JAN-GEORG DEUTSCH, MARK LEOPOLD, RICHARD REID, HOLLY HANSON, EDWARD I. STEINHART, JEAN-PIERRE CHRETIEN Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEPEastern African studies (London, England)SlaveryGreat Lakes Region (Africa)History19th centurySlaveryGreat Lakes Region (Africa)History20th centurySlaveryAfrica, EastHistory19th centurySlaveryAfrica, EastHistory20th centurySlaveryHistorySlaveryHistorySlaveryHistorySlaveryHistory306.36209676Medard HenriDoyle Shane(Shane Declan),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164932703321Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa3421962UNINA