Books written by John O. Hunwick
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The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam
"For every gallon in ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one every small drop has been spent on the study of the...
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Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdi's Taʾrīkh Al-Sūdān Down to 1613, and Other Contemporary Documents
The principal text translated in this volume is the "Ta'rikh Al-sudan" of the 17th-century Timbuktu scholar, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi.
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Religion and National Integration in Africa: Islam, Christianity, and Politics in the Sudan and Nigeria
Religion and National Integration in Africa is a collection of five papers presented at the one-day seminar on religion and politics convened at Northwestern University in May 1988.
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Jews of a Saharan Oasis: Elimination of the Tamantit Community
Jews spread out from Israel into northern Africa after the Roman destruction of much of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and settled in Saharan oases. Although there was no love for...
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The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam
Presents a collection of primary materials on the enslavement of Africans in Islamic countries of the Mediterranean, covering such topics as Muslim views on slavery, the capture and sale of slaves, and the types of labor they performed.