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This study explores the social, cultural and political history of royal slavery in Kano Emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate between 1807–1903. The dissertation takes a comparative approach to the institution of royal slavery and argues that a “mamluk” style institution developed in …

The Nupe, together with some of their neighbours in the interior of West Africa, were embroiled in a widespread socio-political and military crisis during the first half of the 19th century. In certain respects, their condition was similar to the ‘crisis of adaptation’ that some…

This thesis explores the history of slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate, and specifically the use of slaves on plantations. The focus is on one complex of plantations located at Fanisau, to the immediate north of Kano city. The area of Fanisau, although long settled, did not become …