Customer Review: Employing evidence from African oral traditions and European archival sources, this book looks at the slave trade in and from Africa in a new and unique way. Casting an eye toward the continent's decentralized societies, and most especially at the Balanta of the Upper Guinea Coast, Hawthorne... more info
Customer Review: The author provides a good summary of the conflicts in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau. He also does justice to the place and the role of ECOWAS/ECOMOG and of its members. The book clearly points out the successes and failures of all international and regional actors involved in the cruel... more info