It is by far the broadest, most sophisticated, and most truly empathetic account we have of the complicated and ultimately tragic relationship among masters, slaves, and the market in the antebellum ...

For the past three years, she has been travelling across the five states of south-eastern Nigeria, advocating equal rights for descendants of slaves. "The kind of suffering that the black people ...

It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl divers in the Gulf, soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia ...

It traces the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations by focusing on pre-modern forms of group identity among the Eastern Slavs. It also challenges attempts to 'nationalize' ...

The movement for Biafra clearly has significant influence around the south-east of Nigeria. Biafra war veteran Francis Njoku: "Nigerians are maltreating us - like slaves" A recent stay-at-home ...