Claim: 'Virgin women' in slave market 'somewhere in Africa'? No, video of young men in Senegalese coming-of-age ceremony
Fact-check: 'Virgin women' in slave market 'somewhere in Africa'? No, video of young men in Senegalese coming-of-age ceremony
Verdict: a video is circulating on social media with claims it shows africans being traded by other africans as slaves. but this isn't true and the video shows part of an initiation ceremony in senegal, west africa.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Mary Alexander
Date published: 2023-10-26T00:00:00