Slavery in the history of Muslim Black Africa

by Humphrey J. Fisher

"The institution of slavery was central to trade and societal development within the African Muslim world for centuries. In certain locations it is still, in fact, in practice. What are the origins of slavery in Muslim Africa, and how widespread is it? How does slavery as practiced in this region differ from Western chattel slavery?". "These and other issues are explored in Fisher's investgation into how Africans' enslavement by Berbers, Arabs, and other Africans became institutionalized and legitimized throughout Muslim Africa. Attending to the religious, social, and economic contexts of...