Ajaland

Ajaland is the area inhabited by the Aja people in Benin and Togo, West Africa. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, this area was a major center of the Atlantic Slave Trade. It was largely split between the Kingdom of Whydah and the domain of the ruler of Allada. However, as David Ross has argued,^[1] the kings of these domains did not control the whole area, but shared their domains with many other rulers who controlled quite limited domains.