Robin Law Explained

Robin C. C. Law (born 1944) is a British Africanist and since 2009 Emeritus Professor of the History of Africa at the University of Stirling. He obtained a BA degree in Literae Humaniores at the University of Oxford in 1967 and a PhD in History at the University of Birmingham in 1972. As a researcher, he worked at the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1966-1969) and at the Centre of West African Studies of the University of Birmingham (1970-1972). He joined the University of Stirling in 1972, and was subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader, becoming Professor of African History in 1993.^{[1] [2] [3]} He was a Visiting Fellow at the African Studies Centre Leiden (1993-1994), and a visiting professor at York University, Canada (1996-1997) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2000-2001). Law received the Distinguished Africanist award of the African Studies Association of the UK for 2010.^[4]

Publications

Law published many scholarly books and research articles on Africa, including:

• The Oyo Empire, c. 1600–c. 1836: A West African Imperialism in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Oxford Studies in African Affairs.^[5]
• The horse in West African history : the role of the horse in the societies of pre-colonial West Africa, Oxford: Oxford University Press for the International Africa Institute, 1980.^[6] New edition London : Routledge, 2020.
• The slave coast of West Africa, 1550-1750 : the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on an African society, Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991, 2002.^{[7] [8]}
• The English in West Africa, 1685-1688 : the local correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699, by Law, Robin, Ed., Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, Part 1 and 2 (1681-1688); Part 1: 1997, Part 2: 2001, Part 3 (1691-1699): 2007. Fontes historiae Africanae, new series 5.^[9]
• Ouidah : The Social History of a West African Slaving Port 1727-1892, Athens: Ohio, Ohio University Press, 2004.^[10] Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2017.
• Dahomey and the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade : the journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul Louis Fraser, 1851-1852. Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2012. Series: Fontes historiae Africanae, new series 10.
• Benin, in Encyclopedia Britannica.

External links

• Web site: Book Launching in Honor of Robin Law (Toyin Falola, Matt D. Childs: The Changing Worlds of Atlantic Africa: Essays in Honor of Robin Law, Carolina Academic Press 2009) . Falola . Toyin . 23 March 2009 . groups.google.com . 5 August 2022 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Robin Law, About me . Law . Robin . stir.ac.uk . University of Stirling . 5 August 2022 .
2. Web site: Professor Robin Law FBA, History of Africa, Elected 2000, Section Early Modern History to 1850 . thebritishacademy.ac.uk . 5 August 2022 .
3. Web site: Robin Law Contributor. Professor of African History, University of Stirling, Scotland. Author of The Slave Coast of West Africa, 1550–1750 and others. . britannica.com . 5 August 2022 .
4. Web site: Outstanding African Studies Award . asauk.net . African Studies Association of the UK . 5 August 2022 .
5. Irwin . Graham W. . 1 February 1979 . Journal Article. [Review] Robin Law. The Oyo Empire, c. 1600–c. 1836: A West African Imperialism in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. (Oxford Studies in African Affairs.) Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1977. ]. American Historical Review . 84 . 1 . 223–224 . 10.1086/ahr/84.1.223 . 5 August 2022.
6. Oliver . Roland . 24 December 2009 . Reviews. Robin Law: The horse in West African history: the role of the horse in the societies of pre-colonial West Africa . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies . 44 . 3 . 635 . 10.1017/S0041977X00144854. 161403344 . 5 August 2022.
7. Miller . Joseph C. . 1993 . Reviews of Books. Robin Law. The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550–1750: The Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on an African Society. . American Historical Review . 98 . 5 . 1656–1657 . 10.1086/ahr/98.5.1656 . 5 August 2022.
8. Rathbone . Richard . 1993 . Reviews. Robin Law. The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550–1750: The Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on an African Society. . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . 56 . 1 . 196–198 . 10.1017/S0041977X0000238X. 620360 . 162583469 . 5 August 2022.
9. Massing . Andreas . 2011 . Analyses et comptes rendus. Law, Robin (ed.). — The English in West Africa . Cahiers d'Études africaines . 204 . 1018–1022 . 10.4000/etudesafricaines.14323. 5 August 2022. free .
10. Brunger . Scott . 2006 . Reviewed Work: Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving "Port," 1727-1892 by Robin Law . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 39 . 2 . 313–315 . 40033870 . 5 August 2022.