Africa Remembered: Narratives by West Africans from the Era of the Slave Trade
"Curtin's contribution to African history is beyond dispute. In this trenchant volume he shows African agency in changing the population dynamics of Europe, the New World, and continental Africa. This is one of the best books on the subject."  -- Joseph Bangura, Kalamazoo College"This work is necessary to the study of the Atlantic system. It provides insights into West African societies by Africans so that students will not have to depend so heavily upon European travel and administrative accounts. More works of this type are needed."  -- Sundiata Djata, Northern Illinois University"Slavery is no longer an abstraction: it is made more real by Curtin's text."  -- Philip Evans, Flagler College"This is an excellent book of primary sources for undergraduates in a variety of history courses, especially West African history and African diaspora history. Students enjoy reading the words of West Africans themselves as too rarely are West African voices heard from the slave trade era."  -- Andrew Clark, University of North Carolina, Wilmington