Ransoming Prisoners in Precolonial Muslim Western Africa

Examines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Islamic Discourse on Slavery and Ransoming before 1800
Chapter 2 - The Policy and Practice of Ransoming in the Maghrib
Chapter 3 - Jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate, and Ransoming
Chapter 4 - The Jihad of 'Umar Taal and its Ransoming Non-Policies
Chapter 5 - The Negotiation and Practice of Ransoming Prisoners
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

JENNIFER LOFKRANTZ is an Associate Professor of History at Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.

Summary

Examines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Lofkrantz, Professor Jennifer (Person) Lofkrantz
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9781648250644
• ISBN: 978-1-64825-064-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous