Benjamin Lawrance
Professor, Department of History
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Benjamin N. Lawrance is Professor of African History in the Department of History at the University of Arizona. His research specializes in West Africa with a focus on labor, coercion and slavery. Among others, he teaches two food history courses that explore how foods move around the world.