Slavery in contemporary Africa

De continent of Africa be one of de regions most rife plus contemporary slavery. Slavery insyd Africa get a long history, within Africa since before historical records, buh dey intensify plus de trans-Saharan den Indian Ocean slave trade den again plus de trans-Atlantic den Barbary slave trade; na de demand for slaves create an entire series of kingdoms wich na exist insyd a state of perpetual warfare in order to generate de prisoners of war necessary for de lucrative export of slaves. Na dese patterns persist into de colonial period during de late 19th den early 20th century. Although na de colonial authorities attempt to suppress slavery around 1900, na dema attempts largely be ineffective. Even after decolonization, slavery continue insyd chaw parts of Africa despite e be officially illegal.

Slavery insyd de Sahel region (den to a lesser extent de Horn of Africa) dey exist along de racial den cultural boundary of Arabized Berbers insyd de north den darker Africans insyd de south."The mobilization of local ideas about racial difference has been important in generating, and intensifying, civil wars that have occurred since the end of colonial rule in all of the countries that straddle the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. ... contemporary conflicts often hearken back to an older history in which blackness could be equated with slavery and non-blackness with predatory and uncivilized banditry." (cover text), Hall, Bruce S., A History of Race in Muslim West Africa, 1600–1960. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Slavery insyd de Sahel states of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad den Sudan in particular, dey continue a centuries-old pattern of hereditary servitude. Oda forms of traditional slavery exist insyd parts of Ghana, Benin, Togo den Nigeria. Der be oda, non-traditional forms of slavery insyd Africa today, mostly dey involve human trafficking den de enslavement of child soldiers den child labourers, e.g. human trafficking insyd Angola, den human trafficking of kiddies from Togo, Benin den Nigeria to Gabon den Cameroon.

Modern day slavery insyd Africa according to de Anti-Slavery Society dey include exploitation of subjugate populations even wen na dema condition no be technically called "slavery":

Na dem estimate forced labor insyd Sub-Saharan Africa at 660,000. Dis dey include people wey be involved insyd de illegal diamond mines of Sierra Leone den Liberia, wich sanso be a direct result of de civil wars insyd dese regions.  Insyd 2017, na de International Labour Office estimate say 7 insyd every 1,000 people insyd Africa be victims of slavery.

 Types of contemporary slavery 

 Sex trade 

 Forced labour 

 Child slave trade 

 Ritual slavery 

 Slavery by country 

 Chad 

 Congo 

 Ethiopia 

 Ghana, Togo, Benin 

 Madagascar 

 Mali 

 Mauritania 

 Niger 

 Sudan 

 South Africa 

 References 

 External links 
 Graham-Harrison, Emma.  Africa’s new slave trade: how migrants flee poverty to get sucked into a world of violent crime (May 2017), The Guardian
 The Modern West African Slave Trade Anti-Slavery Society. Retrieved 2007-07-09.

Category:African society
Category:Human rights insyd Africa
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