The article discusses the social, political, and economic aspects of Northwestern Ghana during the 19th century, exploring how the decentralized political culture of Ghana affected the international slave trade. Using data from archaeological surveys and excavations in Gurunsiland, the article describes the relationship between the occupations of marginal Ghanan pe...

The article discusses the social, political, and economic aspects of Northwestern Ghana during the 19th century, exploring how the decentralized political culture of Ghana affected the international slave trade. Using data from archaeological surveys and excavations in Gurunsiland, the article describes the relationship between the occupations of marginal Ghanan pe...

On the 19th-century South African landscape, a 'mission' may have comprised anything from a single building on the outskirts of an African village to a full-blown complex containing church and educational facilities, houses belonging to missionaries and their converts and industrial operations such as a forge, wainwright's workshop and mill. Drawing on archaeologic...

L'archéologie des dix-neuvième et vingtième siècles est un domaine en plein essor en archéologie historique en Afrique, faisant parallèle à une tendance observée ailleurs dans le monde. Actuellement les recherches sur cette période en Afrique sont dominées par des études de l'esclavage et de l'émancipation, et celles du colonialisme, du capitalisme et de l'industri...