Promotional Information

Nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2002, this was the first trade book to show how Islam sold millions of Africans into slavery.

About the Author

Ronald Segal was born in South Africa and is the former publisher of Africa South. He left his country with ANC leader Oliver Tambo in 1960 for political exile in England, where he has remained ever since. The founding editor of the Penguin African Library, he is the author of 13 books, including most recently, The Black Diaspora.