Slavery had existed for much of human history for it would seem that every agrarian and pre-industrial society developed one from of slavery or servitude and enacted laws for its regulation.  However, with the expansion of human activities and commodification of goods and services, slavery assumed a new definition as human beings became articles for sale and exchange either through the Trans Saharan Slave Trade or its latter counterpart across the Atlantic Ocean, connecting three major continents in a triangular obscenity.  The three major phases left serous implications for Africa development.  The trade across the Sahara, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans was equally responsible for the emergence of a global African Diaspora characterized today by the complexity of its identities. This colloquium is therefore conceived and being convened to among other things, to discuss and advance the frontiers of knowledge in;
- Slavery as a social and economic institution in agrarian African societies;
- The introduction, ramification, organization and impact of the Trans Saharan Slave Trade; and
- Revising and updating knowledge on the various aspects of the Trans

      Atlantic Slave Trade; a topic that has been variously discussed from divergent intellectual, cultural land ideological perspectives. It is expected that the colloquium will open up new areas of scholarship on slavery and slave trade, expand the body of literature by making substantial contributions to the historiography of the slave trade and open up new avenues for research on slavery and the slave trade.