Ransoming, captivity & piracy in Africa and the Mediterranean
Ransoming practices in historical and contemporary perspective / Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo -- "Para que me saque cabesea por cabesa..." : exchanging Muslim and Christian slaves across the Mediterranean / Daniel Hershenzon -- Ransoming "Turks" from France's royal ga...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Trenton London Cape Town Nairobi Addis Ababa Asmara Ibadan New Delhi
Africa World Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
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| Summary: | Ransoming practices in historical and contemporary perspective / Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo -- "Para que me saque cabesea por cabesa..." : exchanging Muslim and Christian slaves across the Mediterranean / Daniel Hershenzon -- Ransoming "Turks" from France's royal galleys / Gillian Weiss -- Ransoming practices and "Barbary Coast" slavery : negotiations relating to Liverpool slave traders in the late eighteenth century / Suzanne Schwarz -- "The disgrace of Christendom" : shipwreck and "ransoming" in southern Morocco (1780s-1820s) / Mohamed H. Mohamed -- Idealism and pragmatism : the related West African discourses on identity, captivity, and ransoming / Jennifer Lofkrantz -- European captives and African captors on the Gold Coast, 1869-1874 / Olatunji Ojo -- West African responses to illegal enslavement and failed ransom negotiations / Jennifer Lofkrantz and Olatunji Ojo -- Biafra and the AGIP oil workers : ransoming and the modern nation state in perspective / Roy Doron -- Deferred reciprocity : historical and theoretical perspectives on ransoming and the ethics of compensatory justice / Amy Niang -- Evolution and socio-political economy of ransoming in Nigeria since the late twentieth century / Akachi Odoemene -- Contemporary piracy and ransoming off the coast of Somalia / Abdi M. Kusow -- From hostage taking to ransoming : (ab)use of ransoming in 21st century northeast Africa : the lifecycle of piracy in Somalia / Awet T. Weldemichael |
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| Item Description: | "This volume arises from a conference, "Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Ransoming Practices," that was held at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University on April 25-26, 2014."--Preface Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 371 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781569024928 |