Human trafficking is a widespread global phenomenon in which people are trapped in exploitation and coercion against their will. This challenge has been widespread in Africa, where people were forcefully taken from their villages and sold to slave trader during the transatlantic trade. Slave dealers captured and transported people to Europe and other continents where they were held in servitude. However, the end of the Cold War marked the beginning of another tumultuous phase in Africa, characterized by regional conflicts and uprisings. These events led to the proliferation and aggravation of political and economic challenges, rendering populations vulnerable to exploitation. In recent years, the magnitude of human trafficking has soared significantly as armed uprisings, political unrest, and economic hardships expose populations to enslavement. Various human rights instruments, including the Slavery Convention (1926), the International Labor Organization agreement, and the Palermo Protocol, rank among the prominent global legal frameworks and treaties enacted to combat human trafficking. Human Trafficking in Africa Human trafficking is an age-old dynamic phenomenon triggered by various interlocking factors, forces, and processes. Generally, this challenge stems from issues and problems associated with the demand for exploitatively cheap labor and peoples’ need to satisfy their basic economic requirements for survival. In the post-colonial Africa, such internal factors as poverty, misrule, corruption, unemployment, and crises brought about by numerous episodes of wars exacerbated the citizens’ susceptibility to human trafficking. In this regard, an individual’s specific attributes, such as socioeconomic status, unemployment, education, and personal aspiration, significantly contributed to their likelihood of being trafficked. History of Human Trafficking in Africa and How it Developed Human trafficking in Africa is a centuries’ old problem which dates back to the pre-colonial period. Although slavery was endemic and existed within the structure of everyday life, the arrival of Arab and European explorers and traders marked the beginning of the forceful transportation of people from their continents to regions. For instance, in the Sub-Saharan Africa, Zanzibar is identified as East Africa’s main slave-trading seaport, through which an estimated 50, 000 slaves passed annually (Rhodes 165). In West Africa, people were commodified, sold as slaves, and transported to foreign lands where they were forced to work in plantations. The enslaved people were viewed as merchandize to be sold, bought, and exploited. However, the crisis of human trafficking has evolved over the years, particularly after the global efforts prohibiting slave trade. The challenge adopted a subtle outlook controlled by criminal organizations exploiting the vulnerabilities of the populations brought about by political and economic crises. Political Instabilities and Conflicts Traffickers also exploited the distinctly toxic political environment in Africa, which immensely contributed to endless instabilities, uprisings, and conflict situations. Jesperson contends that structural and perennial violence in Africa created entrenched poverty levels, pitying millions of people across the continent (4). Since individuals generally prefer living in politically stable countries, their attempt to flee