Apr 13 2008
Slavery
A lot of black Americans hold some resentment toward Africans because our ancestors sold their ancestors into slavery 200 or so years ago. A lot of Africans cannot relate to racism or the culture slavery created for their American counterparts because none of that is a part of our narrative.
While slavery may not be part of many African narratives, for the people of Mauritania slavery is still very real part of their country’s cultural narrative.
One of my classmates posted this blog, which looks at how slavery in Mauritania is comparable to to slavery in the American South. It is an internalized institution where about 40 percent of the country are slaves. There an ingrained mentality of ownership that many of us imagined dissolved years ago …
It saddens me as an African American woman to see African children enslaved. That should not be happening in the year of 2008 in any country. I’m going to do some research, and see how I can advocate to help change that. It should not be allowed in any country, it’s simply Immmoral, and demeaning to any human to serve another.
[...] Hillstrom - Human Goods: In an earlier post I had linked to Christa’s blog about slavery in Mauritania. A more recent post looks at a [...]
I would like to direct all black people to go to the The Pan-Africans.org ’s website and take part in The Big Agenda Debate where a conprehensive discussion is taking place concerning black people’s agenda for the 21st century. The Africa Diaspora, the descendants of victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the new world, is the largest group of landless people in the world;the largest group of people with least political and economic power in the world, and the largest group of people whose Birth Rights were stolen, are encourge to unite and demand reparations from all of those who took part in the slave trade in sub-Saharan Africa and slavery in the new world. The trams-Saharan slave trade is also discussed.
Respectfully submitted,
Thornton Carter