The Ideology of Slavery in Africa (SAGE Series on African Modernization & Development)

In this volume Lovejoy has collected original contributions that discuss the ideology of slavery in several regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Three basic ideologies are considered: one based on Islam, another based on kinship structures, and a third, an abolitionist ideology, based largely on Christianity. The authors show how ideology justified slavery, obscuring its role in the system of production, and the part coercion played in its maintenance.'It gives cause to re-examine many past assumptions and should stimulate more sophisticated analyses in the future.' -- Canadian Journal of Development StudiesLovejoy, Paul E. is the author of 'The Ideology of Slavery in Africa (SAGE Series on African Modernization & Development)', published 1981 under ISBN 9780803916647 and ISBN 0803916647.