This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried from the Maldives to the Mediterranean by Arab traders for further trans
Stressing the role of international institutions such as the World Trade Organization and the World Bank as fundamental to understanding international economics, Brown (economics, U. of Winnipeg) and
Debates over the economic, social, and political meaning of slavery and the slave trade have persisted for over two hundred years. The Atlantic Slave Trade brings clarity and critical insight to the s
