The Heretic of Cacheu - Struggles over Life in a Seventeenth-Century West African Port

Toby Green has worked widely with colleagues across Africa, organising events in collaboration with institutions in Angola, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique Sierra Leone and the Gambia. His books have been translated into twelve languages and include the award-winning A Fistful of Shells and (as co-editor) Guinea-Bissau: Micro-State to ''Narco-State''. He writes extensively for the media, including in recent years London Review of Books, New Statesman, Prospect, and UnHerd. He has worked on curriculum change in the teaching of African history both in the UK and in West Africa, and has been a member of the UK government''s Model History Curriculum Advisory Group. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture at King''s College, London.>

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Toby Green has worked widely with colleagues across Africa, organising events in collaboration with institutions in Angola, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique Sierra Leone and the Gambia. His books have been translated into twelve languages and include the award-winning A Fistful of Shells and (as co-editor) Guinea-Bissau: Micro-State to ‘Narco-State’. He writes extensively for the media, including in recent years London Review of Books, New Statesman, Prospect, and UnHerd. He has worked on curriculum change in the teaching of African history both in the UK and in West Africa, and has been a member of the UK government’s Model History Curriculum Advisory Group. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture at King’s College, London.

Product details

• Authors: Toby Green, Green Toby
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781802061581
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-158-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Africa / West, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Guinea-Bissau, Colonialism & imperialism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1600 To C 1700, Portuguese Empire, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery