Kidnapping: An Underreported Aspect of African Agency During the Slave Trade Era (1440-1886)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2150-5802,0041-5715
DOI: 10.5070/f7352009568