Kwasi Konadu is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Chair and Professor at Colgate University. He teaches courses in African history and on worldwide African histories. With extensive archival and field research in West Africa, Europe, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America, his writings focus on African and African diasporic histories, as well as major themes in world history.

• Introduction


• Glossary


• Maps


• Abbreviations


• THE DOCUMENTS


• Appendix


• Provisional List of Captains, Factors, and Clergy at São Jorge da Mina and Akyem ('Axim')


• Bibliography


• Index

Konadu provides a unique collection of sources written in Portuguese, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish for Africa's Gold Coast, from the late 15th to 17th century. Students, scholars, and professionals with an avid interest in early modern African, Atlantic, and world history will benefit the English translations, many for the first time.