Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:

* the relationship between war and the slave trade

* the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies

* the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics

* the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution

* case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin and West Central Africa.