The Slave Trade and Culture in the Bight of Biafra: An African Society in the Atlantic World
"The best analysis yet of the interaction between the demand for African captives in the Americas and an African society that, relatively late in the slave trade era, came to generate many of those captives. It largely resolves the problem of how a stateless society with no tradition of sending slaves out of the region could be drawn into a highly significant role in the largest coerced migration in history. This is a major contribution to both Atlantic and African history and is a compelling read." - David Eltis, Emory University"Nwokeji has written a much-needed and masterful account of the intricacies of human trafficking as they pertain to the Bight of Biafra. Refreshing and innovative, his work breaks new ground. Original in perspective and interpretation, The Slave Trade and Culture in the Bight of Biafra is essential reading for the history of West Africa and the transatlantic slave trade." - Michael A. Gomez, New York University"Nwokeji treats the Atlantic slave trade as an interactive process among supply and demand, cultural features, and local institutions. This is an important, innovative, impressive work." - Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Rutgers University"Nwokeji's greatest accomplishing is his interweaving of these internal dynamics of Biafra histories with those of the greater Atlantic world." - James H. Sweet, American Historical Review"...Nwokeji's book is social history at its very best. It should be indispensable for scholars and students of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade. It will serve as a model for future work on the mechanics of the slave trade within Africa....Well written and well documented, this is a book I look forward to teaching and to returning to for many years to come." - Walter Hawhorne, Journal of African History