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Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760-1900. Kristin Mann. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007. 473 pp.
Professor Mann is a well known scholar across the Atlantic. Her lat-est volume about Lagos (Nigeria) is no doubt a meaningful contribution to scholarship. The uniqueness of her latest study is its clarity, succinctness, and lucidness. Grounded in facts and knowledge of existing literature in the field, Mann set out to re-explore areas studied by leading scholars such as Robin Law, Sandra Barnes, Pauline Baker and Martin Lynn to mention a few. Mann's...
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