Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past - Essays in Honour of Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias

Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past outlines new directions in the historiography of West Africa. Its chapters explore new trends across regional and disciplinary fields with a focus on how political conjunctures influence source production and circulation.

About the author

Toby Green is Senior Lecturer in Lusophone African History and Culture at King's College London. He is the author of The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589 (Cambridge, 2012).

Benedetta Rossi is Reader in African Studies at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of From Slavery to Aid: Politics, Labour, and Ecology in the Nigerien Sahel, 1800-2000 (Cambridge 2015).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2018
• EAN: 9789004348837
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34883-7
• No. of pages: 538
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: African History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous