2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
John Thornton's revisionist history of Africa and Africans in the Atlantic world — arguing that Africans were active agents in the Atlantic slave trade and that African military power, culture, and decision-making shaped the development of the Americas.
American historian at Boston University who specializes in African history and the Atlantic world — Africa and the Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World — arguing for African agency in the Atlantic slave trade and demonstrating the African cultural contributions to the Americas.