(above) In Goulimine, southern Morocco (November, 1996)
(below) In Atar, Mauritania with Salka (January, 2005)

Publications since 2000:
(Links in some cases are to pre-publication drafts, apologies for any 'glitches'; others to final proofs and pdfs. Not everything is accessible on line.)

“ ‘We have bought a slave’. Cultural and historical dilemmas in the practice of rachat -- ‘buying freedom’ in French West Africa” in Martin Bunz, Anthony Appiah (eds) Buying Freedom: The Ethics and Economics of Slave Redemption (Princeton University Press, Forthcoming, 2006) 8300 words/21man. pp

“Conceptualizing the Sahara: the World of Nineteenth-Century Beyrouk Commerce”, Journal of North African Studies, special issue “The Sahara: Past, Present and Future”, 10(3-4), (2005): 368-85

”Exploring the Niche Economy: a commentary”, African Economic History 32 (2004): 153-71.

“Living the legacy of Slavery: between discourse and reality”, Cahiers d’edudes Africaines, special double issue “Contemporary Slavery” (December, 2005) [38 manuscript pgs.]

‘Apprenticeship to liberty’ : Mauritanian haratine and the colonial labour discourse" in M. Villasante Cervello (éd.), Colonisations et héritages actuels au Sahara et au Sahel. Problèmes conceptuels, état des lieux et nouvelles perspectives de recherche (XVIIIe-XXe siècle). [Forthcoming, 2006; article translated into French] /35 man.pp.

“Snapshots from the Sahara: salt the essence of being” in Journal of Libyan Studies, special conference proceedings “The Libyan Desert: Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage” eds David Mattingly, Sue McLaren, Elizabeth Savage, Yahya al-Fasatwi, Khaled Gadgood (2005): 295-303

“Women in African Islamic Cultures, 1400-1700”, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures ( 3000 words) [Brill, 2004]

[with, Mesky Brhane, and Urs Peter Ruf] “Legacy of Slavery; Promise of Democracy: Mauritania in the 21st Century” in Malinda Smith (ed) Globalizing Africa (Africa World Press, 2003 ): 67-88.

“ Discourse and Distortion: Critical Reflections on Studying the Saharan Slave Trade”, Revue Française d'Histoire d'Outre Mer. Traites et esclavages : vieux problèmes, nouvelles perspectives ? special issue ed. Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau (December 2002) 55-87.

“Perfecting the ‘fertile seed’”: the Compagnie du Sel Agglomere and colonial capitalism, c.1890-1905”, African Economic History, 30 (2002):53-80

“From Prosperity to Poverty: a history of Tichit c.1900-1945” in Conference Proceedings (Spring 2000) “La Mauritanie: cent ans d’histoire 1899-1999”, Universite de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Islamique Republique de la Mauritanie. (Forthcoming, 2004)

“ ‘A quest for Honour’: Islam, slavery and the contributions of Martin Klein to African History” in Richard Roberts and Philip Zachernuk, “On Slavery and Islam in African History: a tribute to Martin Klein”, special edition of the Canadian Journal of African Studies 34, 3 (2000):546-64.

“The Politics of Sorcery and Slavery: colonial ‘reality’ in central Mauritania (1910-1960), Chris Youé and Tim Stapleton (eds), Agency in Action in Colonial Africa: Essays in Honour of John Flint, (Palgrave Publishers –formerly McMillan Press Ltd – Basingstoke, Hampshire & New York, 2001):69-82.

"A sense of Self: the Life of Fatma Barka (North/West Africa)" Canadian Journal of African Studies vol. 32, 2 (1998): 398-412 .

Reprints/Translations:
Un Monde Sans Dessus Desous: Esclaves et Affranchis en Adrar Mauritanien, 1910-1950" in Groupes serviles au sahara. Approche comparative a partir du cas des arabophones de Mauritanie, in M. Villasante de Beauvais (ed.) (CNRS Editions, 2000): 121-143. Translated reprint of A Topsy-Turvy World: Slaves and Freed Slaves in Colonial Mauritania, in Suzanne Miers and Richard Roberts, The End of Slavery, (Wisconsin University Press, 1989): 362-88, translation by Pierre Bonte, Directeur, Centre nationale de recherche scientific, Paris, Etudes Sociologique

“Recherches en histoire saharienne: Bref état des lieux autour de la publication du livre Desert Frontier: Ecological and Economic Change along the Western Sahel de James L.A. Webb (1995)” . Translated reprint of “Review article. Research in Saharan History”, Journal of African History, 39 (1998): 467-480 (translated by Christophe de Beauvais) in Annuaire de l’Afrique du Nord 1999.

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