The Complete Concise History of The Slave Trade

About the Book

This book is written mainly from my experience since my arrival in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. I came to the UK before I came in contact with any Afro American or Caribbean. In Nigeria I know some people whose parents originally returned to Nigeria from Brazil and Cuba. The names of these great people are household names in Nigeria and particularly in Lagos. The more I stay in the UK the more I realise that our people from America and Caribbean have very little knowledge of Africa. To my greatest surprise some of them think that Africa is a small country. I came to the UK before the slave trade became a common topic. It is quite clear from my observation that the history of the slave trade is wrongly taught in overseas as far as it concerns Africa. Worse still some of our people here think that the whole of Africa was involved in the slave trade. This book is to put forward the authentic history of the slave trade. Moreover this book will show clearly the areas affected by the slave trade. The aim of the writer of this book is to make the history of the slave trade clear and simple to read. The idea is to make the book affordable and available as much as possible in order to study the history in Africa and overseas. If the history of the slave trade is taught and studied carefully any such mistakes will be avoided in future.

About the Author

Olayanju Olajide was born into a Ruling House in South West Nigeria. I came to the United Kingdom to study in the 1960s. I obtained my degree in Law- LLB degree from University of London and Thames Valley University in the 1970s. After that I went back to Nigeria whereby I attended the Nigerian Law School, and I was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981. After that I took up an appointment and I was appointed Assistant Registrar of Companies. I worked in the above capacity for many years until I came back to the United Kingdom in the latter part of 1980s. My intention was to come and stayed for a little while and returned back to Nigeria, but my children and my family love this country, so I could not go to Nigeria and left them behind. I should like to say that I love this country as well. .I went to University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1990s to read for a branch of Law, but withdrew after a while. I love history and as such read ancient history, modern history, slave-trade history, and Yoruba history. I am now retired and have decided to write this book and other books as well.