Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires.
It includes the discussion of:
: _ the relationship between war and the slave trade
_ the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies
_ the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics
_ the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution
_ case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin and West Central Africa
It includes the discussion of:
: _ the relationship between war and the slave trade
_ the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies
_ the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics
_ the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution
_ case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin and West Central Africa