Deadline- November 15, 2012
Countries/Region- Africa
African Economic History invites papers to practices in Africa for the special issue on ‘The Economics of Ransoming Across Time and Space’. Ransoming is defined as the making of payments(in cash or kind) for the return of a captive. This issue will focus on articles that deal with the geographical regions of West Africa, North Africa and East Africa and which cross cultural, ethnic, and religious boundaries.
Just as scholars of both historical and modern-day slavery gather new insights from each other’s works we believe that bringing together scholarship on ransoming that covers roughly the time period from the 16th through 21st centuries will provide a better understanding of the practices of ransoming and of ransoming’s role in the economics of captivity and enslavement; the formation, exploitation, and alteration of social, ethnic, and religious identity; and of interactions of individuals across physical, social, ethnic, and religious boundaries. The Special Issue will be co-edited by Jennifer Lofkrantz andAwetWeldemichael.
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