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Professor Gunja SenGupta and New York University's Awam Amkpa have won the 2024 The World History Association Bentley Book Prize for their book, "Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves: America and the Indian Ocean in the Age of Abolition and Empire." The book was recognized for its excellence in the field of world history.

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