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John Thornton is primarily an Africanist, with a specialty in the history of West Central Africa before 1800. His work has also carried him into the study of the African Diaspora, and from there to the history of the Atlantic Basin as a whole, also in the period before the early nineteenth century.
John K. Thornton is an American historian specializing in the history of Africa, the African Diaspora and the Atlantic world. He is a professor in the ...
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John Thornton Professor of African American Studies and History; Director of Graduate Studies ; Office: AFAM 205. Email: jkthorn@bu.edu ; Phone: 617-358-1423
Among contemporary historians of Africa, Thornton has led the field in synthesizing the continent's complex political, social, and cultural developments ...
His specializations include Africa and Atlantic History, as well as world history. He is the author of The Kingdom of Kongo: Civil War and Transition, 1641-1718 ...
19‏/09‏/2022 · John K. Thornton, a leading scholar of the Kingdom of Kongo, West Central Africa, and the African diaspora, intends his book as a framing resource.
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John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social, and cultural interactions ...
John K. Thornton is an American historian specializing in the history of Africa and the African Diaspora. Born 1949 into a military family and educated at the ...
John K. Thornton has 15 books on Goodreads with 2587 ratings. John K. Thornton's most popular book is Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic W...