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The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Hardcover, illustrated Edition): John Hunwick, Eve Troutt Powell The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Hardcover, illustrated Edition)
John Hunwick, Eve Troutt Powell
R3,438 Discovery Miles 34 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the study of the forced migration of black Africans into the Mediterranean world of Islam. From the ninth to the early twentieth century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. Yet their story has not yet been told. This book provides an introduction to this ""other"" slave trade, and to the Islamic cultural context within which it took place, as well as the effect this context had on those who were its victims. After an introductory essay, there are sections on Basic Texts (Qur'an and Hadith), Some Muslim Views on Slavery, Slavery and the Law, Perceptions of Africans in Some Arabic and Turkish Writings, Slave Capture, the Middle Passage, Slave Markets, Eunuchs and Concubines, Domestic Service, Military Service, Religion and Community, Freedom and Post-Slavery, and the Abolition of Slavery. A concluding segment provides a first-person account of the capture, transportation, and service in a Saharan oasis by a West African male, as related to a French official in the 1930s.

The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Paperback, illustrated Edition): John Hunwick, Eve Troutt Powell The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Paperback, illustrated Edition)
John Hunwick, Eve Troutt Powell
R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Out of stock

For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the study of the forced migration of black Africans into the Mediterranean world of Islam. From the ninth to the early twentieth century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. Yet their story has not yet been told. This book provides an introduction to this ""other"" slave trade, and to the Islamic cultural context within which it took place, as well as the effect this context had on those who were its victims. After an introductory essay, there are sections on Basic Texts (Qur'an and Hadith), Some Muslim Views on Slavery, Slavery and the Law, Perceptions of Africans in Some Arabic and Turkish Writings, Slave Capture, the Middle Passage, Slave Markets, Eunuchs and Concubines, Domestic Service, Military Service, Religion and Community, Freedom and Post-Slavery, and the Abolition of Slavery. A concluding segment provides a first-person account of the capture, transportation, and service in a Saharan oasis by a West African male, as related to a French official in the 1930s.

A Different Shade of Colonialism - Egypt, Great Britain, and the Mastery of the Sudan (Paperback): Eve Troutt Powell A Different Shade of Colonialism - Egypt, Great Britain, and the Mastery of the Sudan (Paperback)
Eve Troutt Powell
R883 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R180 (20%) Out of stock

"This book adds a new dimension to the ongoing discussions of Egypt's nationalist response to colonialism--and to discussions of colonialism and nationalism more generally. Dr. Powell demonstrates cogently how central the issue of the Sudan was to Egyptian nationalism right from the beginning--an aspect of the situation to which historians have given far too little attention. That colonized Egypt was itself a colonizer is a fact whose pervasive, complex role in the Egyptian response to the British presence has not been adequately appreciated. This study also enriches our understanding of 19th and 20th-century Egyptian attitudes toward slavery and toward race, showing how Egyptians really thought about these matters below the level of policy and administration. The findings in this area are particularly illuminating and important; although they will certainly be controversial in some quarters, they are firmly grounded in contemporary materials that are vivid, eloquent, and fascinating. As a contribution to social history, with important implications for political history as well, this book is most impressive."--Everett K.Rowson, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

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