Assignment instructions HIS325a:

Source of Reading: Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis’s To Make the World Anew: A History of African Americans and any additional readings related to the discussions and questions below.

Discussion: The nature and makeup of West African societies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries prior to and during the Atlantic slave trade.

Based on your readings on West African society, respond to the following:
What is most striking or surprising about these accounts? Explain your answer.