Transatlantic Africa

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Focusing on the internal dynamics of African and diasporic slave societies during the transatlantic era, this work by historian Kwasi Konadu offers a nuanced interpretation of slaving and its aftermath using primary sources. By analyzing oral histories, archival documents, and visual evidence, it links individual experiences to broader slaving systems. The book explores themes such as commodification, capitalism, abolitionism, and reparations, providing an intellectually rigorous yet accessible perspective on how transoceanic slaving shaped the modern world.