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CATEGORIES:Core Seminar in Economic and Social History
SUMMARY:The economics of the ‘Second Slavery’ in the Jihad
  states of West Africa - Professor Paul Lovejoy\, 
 York University\, Ontario
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161020T170000
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/67253
DESCRIPTION:This paper argues that an understanding of the Atl
 antic world during the Age of Revolutions from the
  late eighteenth century through the middle of the
  nineteenth century must take account of the jihad
 ist revolutions that swept most of West Africa dur
 ing the same period. The paper specifically focuse
 s on the political economy of the jihad movement a
 nd the economic transformation of the region that 
 ensued with the foundation of the jihad states\, p
 articularly the Sokoto Caliphate\, by far the larg
 est of the new states. The Sokoto  Caliphate\, est
 ablished in 1804-1808\, in what is now northern Ni
 geria and parts of neighbouring Niger\, Burkino Fa
 so\, and Cameroon\, developed an economy based on 
 slave plantations and a vibrant textile industry. 
 It is argued that the economic ramifications of th
 e jihad movement challenge many recent interpretat
 ions of the economic history of Africa.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Trinity Hall
CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
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