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231 Index Abam warriors, 122, 123, 124, 128; vs. Ebiri, 127; Enugu-Ukwu,125;Igboland,127,129 abandonment of habitats, 37, 53, 156 Aba-Ngwa axis, 128 Abashy, Duke of Obutong, 109 Abdu, Al-Hajj, 36 abductions, 85–86 abeed, 148 n. 5 Abia State, 221 Aboh, 126 abolitionism, 135, 146–47 Abomey, 7–8, 9, 67 Abomey-Calavi, 13n. 6 Accanists, 184–85 Accra, 89 Achebe, Chinua, 122 Adama, Modibbo, 16 Adamawa, 15, 16, 17, 19 Adams, John, 205 adult slaves, 208–9 African betrayal model, xiv–xv Agaja (king of Dahomey), 8, 189 age, 68, 208–9 Agontime, 93 agriculture, 37, 40–42, 65–66, 66–67; Masina , 63; Wasulu, 69 Aja people, 7, 8, 9, 187 Aja-Tado group, 7 akadjes, 5 Akan, 179, 180 Akuabate (child slave), 222 Akwamu, 188 Akyem, 188 Ala/Ana, 122 Alaoma, Idris, 15–16, 18, 23, 25–26, 26n. 1 alcoholism, xviii, 55 Allada, 7, 8, 13n. 4, 179, 187 alliances: northern Igboland, 125; slavers’, 67 Americas: colonization, 170, 177, 192; demand for slaves, xi; Europeans in, 181; import of slaves, 182 Amsaka, 25 Anambra State, 221 Andony, 201 Anglo-E¤k: letters, 115n. 7; pawnship, 109– 13; relations, 102–14 Anglo-Saxons, 173, 174 Angola, 183, 205, 210 Antegra, 110 Aowin, 188 Arab Islamic empire, 173–74 archeology, xvii, 19–20; Cameroon, 17; Sao, 23; To¤nuland, 9 architecture, xix; for defense, 64–67; GuineaBissau , 164–65; Kresh, 39–40; materials, 55–56 Ardo, 64, 67 arms, 207. See also weapons Aro, 70, 115n. 4, 126, 221, 225n. 5; and Abam, 123, 124; access, 103; arrival, 127; Igbo hinterland, 130n. 1; traders, 103–4 Aro Chuku, 103, 124; oracle, 104 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. 232 Index Aro Oke Igbo, 126 Asante, 187, 191, 195n. 9; development, 188– 89 atabancas, 159 Atakpa (New Town), 103, 108 Atlantic Africa, 176–81 authority, 74n. 14; Roman, 173; Wasulu, 69 awbia, 223 Awka, 125 Awka-Onitsha axis, 122 Azurara (Portuguese chronicler), 170 B’minde, 156 Baare-Chamba, 19, 20 Baducô, 159 Baga, 134, 139, 140, 156 Bagayogo, Basi Tumani, 68, 69, 74n. 15 Bagirmi, 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33, 39, 40 bahr, 21, 27n. 10 Bainuk, 156 Bajar, 156 Balanta, xx–xxi, 155, 156, 159, 161; defenses , 159–60; and Papel markets, 163; raids, 162; resistance to Mandinka, 156– 57; villages, 65 Balante, 156. See also Balanta balanto, 156–57 balbal (rope crossing), 25 Bamana, 68–69. See also Bambara Bambara, 63, 205, 215n. 21; agriculture, 64; king, 157; restraints, 206; Segu, 71; slaves from, 207–8 Bance (Sierra Leone), xi Banda, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41 bandits, xviii, 182, 183, 188 Baol, 50–58 Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo, xiv, xvii Barbot, Jean, 163–64 Barry, William, 201–2 bartering. See exchange Basidibe, 68 Bawol, 207 Bayao, Ignacio, 164 Beafada, 155, 156, 161, 162 Beaver, Philip, 160 Bende, 103, 221 Benin, 179, 180, 186–87, 195n. 9; lacustrine villages in, 3–12; trade in, 181; villages in, xix betrayal, feeling of, xiii–xiv Bight of Benin, 4, 185–86; revolts, 204 Bight of Biafra, 102, 185–86, 220; Atlantic slave trade, 210; mortality rates, 205; oral tradition, 220; revolts, 204, 213; slaves from, 115n. 6; women slaves, 220 Bighu (Begho), 180, 194–95n. 9 Bijago, 155, 161 Bilali, 144–47; “New Spartacus,” 145 Bilali Rebellion, 133, 144–47 Binga, 42–43 Birim valley, 66 Bissau, 155, 162–63 blacksmiths, 57, 71, 92 Bladi, May (sovereign of Wandala), 17–18 “blowing ekpe,” 106, 112 Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 135, 142, 143, 145–46 Boahen, A. Adu, 188 Bolon, 68, 69 Bonny, 102, 121, 204, 205 Borno (alt. Bornou, Bornu), 15, 17, 21, 22, 26; attack on Mandala, 17–18; against Musgu, 24, 33, 45n. 2, 95 Boudouma, 21 Brack, 209, 215n. 24 Brâme, 155, 159, 161, 162 Brazil: gold trade, 185, 190; redemption, 94; slave trade, 183–84 Bristol traders, 110 Britain: abolitionism, 146–47; captives from, 174; Cayor, 53; in¶uence, 33; Old Calabar , 102, 108; pawns, 112, 113; Rome, 173; ship captains, 112, 113; withdrawal from trade, 107 Brome, 205–6 Bruce Grove, 82, 85, 97n. 2 Brüe, André, 52, 88, 89 buildings: materials, 55–56; quality, 23. See also architecture Bukhari, Kandeh, 145–46 Bullom, 134, 139 Bulukura, 65 Bundu, 207 Burkina Faso, 65 Cacheu, 155 Calabar, 204...

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