Mariana Candido explores the history of dispossession, consumption, and inequality in Angola from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Centring the experiences of West Central Africans, and particularly African women, Candido advances the push to decolonize African history.
Mariana Candido explores the history of dispossession, consumption, and inequality in Angola from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Centring the experiences of West Central Africans, and particularly African women, Candido advances the push to decolonize African history.
Mariana P. Candido is Associate Professor at Emory University and a specialist on West Central African history, 1500¿1880. Her publications include An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World (2013), African Women in the Atlantic World (co-edited 2019), and Crossing Memories (co-edited 2011).
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List of maps and plans List of illustrations List of tables and graph Acknowledgments A note on currency Introduction: a history of ownership, dispossession, and inequality 1. Who owned what? Early debate over land rights and dispossession 2. Property rights in the nineteenth century 3. Written records and gendered strategies to secure property 4. Commodification of human beings 5. Branded in freedom: the persistent commodification of people 6. The erasure of communal rights 7. Global consumers: West Central Africans and the accumulation of things Conclusion Bibliography Index.
List of maps and plans List of illustrations List of tables and graph Acknowledgments A note on currency Introduction: a history of ownership, dispossession, and inequality 1. Who owned what? Early debate over land rights and dispossession 2. Property rights in the nineteenth century 3. Written records and gendered strategies to secure property 4. Commodification of human beings 5. Branded in freedom: the persistent commodification of people 6. The erasure of communal rights 7. Global consumers: West Central Africans and the accumulation of things Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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