Slavery in the global diaspora of Africa Introduction: Conceptualizing slavery in global Africa Issues of enslavement Ethnicity culture and religion in global Africa Experiences of the enslaved in Africa Regulation and patterns in collaboration in the slave trade Enforced migration Pawnship slavery and freedom Concubinage polygyny and the status of women Children of the slave trade Enslaved Muslims from the central Sudan Life stories of enslavement Transatlantic transformations in identities Freedom narratives of trans Atlantic slavery The odyssey of Catherine Mulgrave Zimmermann Identity and diaspora in global Africa Situating identities: methodology through the ethnic lens Scarification and the loss of history in the African diaspora Enslaved Africans and their expectations of slave life in the Americas Conclusion: Reflections on the study of slavery.