Sarauniya Afadar Mijinta

Tambayoyi Dari Da Daya

Shaihu Umar: Slavery in Africa

Northern Nigeria, just before the turn of the century: a time of unrest and civil war, when the trans-Saharan slave trade still flourished. Against this turbulent backdrop is set the story of the Hausa, a black African people who practice the Islamic religion. This great African family saga, written by the first Federal Prime Minister of Nigeria, focuses on the struggles of young Umar and his mother and describes Umar's dramatic journey across the desert with a slave caravan. Rich in adventure, it also provides a rare and vivid glimpse into the lives of women and children in a black Islamic society and their survival in a troubled age.

Land and Society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia

A study of gult from the 13th century to 1910 revealing much about the history of highland Christian Ethiopia.