Tippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. Th

"Bad times have come to the Archipelago--it's almost as if the world is cursed! Can Hiccup hold on to his sword, stop a dragon rebellion, and stop Alvin from be

Cooper reconstructs the plantation economy of the East African coast and its effects on slaves.

A dramatic account of the slave trade in the early 19th century Indian Ocean is presented through the stories of the Omani Sultan Said and his daughter, Princes