ISBN:
9780821420027
,
9780821444184
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 271 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
New African Histories Ser.
Series Statement:
New African histories
Parallel Title:
Print version Trafficking in Slavery’s Wake : Law and the Experience of Women and Children in Africa
DDC:
306.3/62096
Keywords:
Child slaves
;
Slavery Law and legislation
;
Slavery History
;
Women slaves
;
Slave trade History
;
Human trafficking
;
Child slaves - Africa
;
Electronic books
;
Slavery ; Law and legislation
;
Slavery ; History
;
Women slaves ; Africa
;
Human trafficking ; Africa
;
Slave trade ; Africa ; History
Abstract:
Women and children have been bartered, pawned, bought, and sold within and beyond Africa for longer than records have existed. This important collection examines the ways trafficking in women and children has changed from the aftermath of the "end of slavery" in Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present. The formal abolition of the slave trade and slavery did not end the demand for servile women and children. Contemporary forms of human trafficking are deeply interwoven with their historical precursors, and scholars and activists need to be informed about the long history of tr
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Intro: Contextualizing Trafficking inWomen and Children in Africa; Part I: Trafficking in Colonial Africa; Trafficking and Reenslavement; "Without the Slave Trade,No Recruitment"; The End of Slavery, "Crises" overTrafficking, and the ColonialState in the French Soudan; "Under the Guise ofGuardianship and Marriage"; Sex Trafficking, Prostitution,and the Law in Colonial BritishWest Africa, 1911-43; Islamic Law and Trafficking inWomen and Children in theIndian Ocean World; Part II: Contemporary Antitraffickingin Africa and Beyond
Description / Table of Contents:
Trafficking and HumanExploitation in InternationalLaw, with Special Reference toWomen and Children in AfricaDocumenting Child Slaverywith Personal Testimony; Child-Trafficking Policymakingbetween Africa and Europe; The Story of Elsie; Ranking States; Afterword: The Paradox of Women, Children,and Slavery; Selected Bibiliography; Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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