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Traditional art of West Africa : selections from the Victor DuBois Collection : Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, August 7-October 12, 1980 / introduction by Robert Plant Armstrong ; catalogue by Maude Southwell Wahlman.

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Waterville, Me. : The Museum, ©1980.

1980

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Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, jun. : on a charge of slave trading under 5 Geo. IV, Cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London / A full report from the short-hand notes of W.B. Gurney, esq. With an address to the merchants, manufacturers, and traders of Great Britain, by Pedro de Zulueta, jun., esq., and documents illustrative of the case.

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London : C. Wood & Co., Poppin's Court, Fleet Street, 1844.

1844

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Memorials of missionary labours in Africa and the West Indies : with historical and descriptive observations / by William Moister.

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New York : Land & Scott, 1851.

1851

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FormatTextCall numberSc Rare 266-M (Moister, W. Memorials of missionary labours in Africa)Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

Thompson in Africa, or, An account of the missionary labors, sufferings, travels, and observations, of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi mission.

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New York : Printed for the author, 1852.

1852-1851

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Missions in western Africa, among the Soosoos, Bulloms, & c : being the first undertaken by the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East / by the Rev. Samuel Abraham Walker.

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Dublin : W. Curry, Jun. and Co. ; London : Longmans, Brown, and Co., 1845.

1845

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The Negro : a sketch of the birth and education of an African Indian, American bravery and the Indian chief : embellished with wood engravings.

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Wellington, Salop [England] : Printed and sold by F. Houlston and Son, 1822.

1822

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History of the African mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States : with memoirs of deceased missionaries, and notices of native customs / by Mrs. E. F. Hening.

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New York : Stanford and Swords, 1850.

1850

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Thoughts on the abolition of the slave trade, and civilization of Africa : with remarks on the African Institution, and an examination of the report of their committee, recommending a general registry of slaves in the British West India islands.

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London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange : and J. Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1816.

1816

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Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Secretary of State, with documents relating to the African slave trade.

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[Washington] : [publisher not identified], [1850]

1850

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Memoria sobre as colonias de Portugal : situadas da costa occidental d'Africa : mandada ao governo pelo antigo governador e capitão general do reino de Angola, em 1814. / Antonio de Saldanha da Gama.

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Belém, Portugal : Casa Pia, 1839.

1839

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Six months' service in the African blockade : from April to October, 1848, in command of H.M.S. Bonetta / By Commander Forbes.

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London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1849.

1849

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La cause des esclaves nègres et des habitans de la Guinée, portée au tribunal de la justice, de la religion, de la politique, ou, Histoire de la traite & de l'esclavage des nègres : preuves de leur illégitimité, moyens de les abolir sans nuire ni aux colonies ni aux colons / par M. Frossard ...

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[A Lyon] : [Publisher not identified], 1789.

1789

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Der afrikanische Sklavenhandel und seine Abhülfe / von Thomas Fowell Buxton ; aus dem Englischen übersetzt von G. Julius ; mit einer Vorrede, Die Nigerexpedition und ihre Bestimmung, von Carl Ritter.

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Leipzig : F.A. Brockhaus, 1841.

1841

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Abridgment of Sir T. Fowell Buxton's work entitled "The African slave trade and its remedy" : with an explanatory preface and an appendix.

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Albemarle Street, London : John Murray, 1840.

1840

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A new voyage to Guinea : describing the customs, manners, soil, climate, habits, buildings, education, manual arts, agriculture, trade, employments, languages, ranks of distinction, habitations, diversions, marriages, and whatever else is memorable among the inhabitants : likewise, an account of their animals, minerals, &c. : with great variety of entertaining incidents, worthy of observation, that happen'd during the author's travels in that large country : illustrated with cutts, engrav'd from drawings taken from the life : with an alphabetical index / by William Smith, Esq; appointed by the Royal African Company to survey their settlements, make discoveries, &c.

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London : Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

1744

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Wanderings in West Africa / Richard F. Burton.

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New York : Dover ; London : Constable, 1991.

1991-1863

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La morale en action des noirs : ou exemples de vertus et beaux traits de fidélité, de courage, de générosité et de bienfaisance donnés par des noirs / par M. l'Abbé J. Hardy.

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Paris : J. Lecoffre, 1846.

1846

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The African slave trade and its remedy / by Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq.

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London : John Murray, 1840.

1840

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Wa ya damu? / na Ahmed Bello.

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Kano, Nigeria : Hotoro Commercial Layout, 1986.

1986

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Suite de la coste de Guinée depuis la rivière de Volta jusqu'à Jakin : où sont les royaumes de Koto, de Popo, de Whidah ou Juida, et d'Ardra.

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[Paris] : [Didot], [1747?]

1747

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Os que voltaram : a história dos retornados afro-brasileiros na África Ocidental no século XIX / Alcione Meira Amos.

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[Belo Horizonte, Brazil] : Tradição Planalto, ©2007.

2007

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West Africa before Europe, : and other addresses, delivered in England in 1901 and 1903 / by Edward Wilmot Blyden ; with an introduction by Casely Hayford.

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London : C.M. Phillips, 1905.

1905

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The hiplife in Ghana : the West African indigenization of hip-hop / Halifu Osumare.

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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

2012

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West Africa : word, symbol, song / edited by Gus Casely-Hayford, Janet Topp Fargion and Marion Wallace.

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London : British Library, 2015.

2015

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Les terroirs de la Sénégambie entre l'épée et le croissant : Xe-XXe siècles / Mamadou Fall.

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Dakar : L'Harmattan Sénégal, [2016]

2016

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La construction d'une sphère publique musulmane en Afrique de l'Ouest / Frédérick Madore.

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[Québec] : Presses de l'Université de Laval, [2016]

2016

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L'invention du quotidien dans la nouvelle ouest-africaine d'expression anglaise / Bojana Coulibaly.

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Paris : L'Harmattan, [2017]

2017

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Africa, empire and Fleet Street : Albert Cartwright and West Africa magazine / Jonathan Derrick.

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London : Hurst & Company, 2018.

2018-2018

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Landscapes, sources and intellectual projects of the West African past : essays in honour of Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias / edited by Toby Green, Benedetta Rossi.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

2018

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Institutions and agrarian development : a new approach to West Africa / Erwin Bulte, Paul Richards, Maarten Voors.

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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

2018-2018

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History dances : chronicling the history of traditional Mandinka dance / Ofosuwa M. Abiola.

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London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

2019

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Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenhandel / P.C. Emmer.

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[Amsterdam] : Nieuw Amsterdam, [2019]

2019

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Africa western : scale 1:3,400,000 / ITMB Publishing ; edited by Yusuke Ujimiya, Tran Dinh Cuong, Mark Ramsay, Lan Joyce, editor in chief.

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Richmond, BC : ITMB Publishing Ltd., [2015]

2015

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Église-Famille-de-Dieu, genèse et pertinence du concept : le cas du Togo : pour une théologie de l'Eglise-Sacrement / Séverin Yaovi Voedzo.

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Paris : L'Harmattan, [2019]

2019-2018

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The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in its West African context / Philip Allsworth-Jones.

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Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2019]

2019-2019

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