International week at Southern Utah University has covered many areas of inquiry, from the transatlantic slave trade to globalization in the modern age. This course featured a movie on an African prince and his journey as a slave, the story of William Wilberforce, and the abolishment of slavery, how slavery boosted the economies of European nations, modern trafficking, child labor in chocolate plantations, the stories of Vannak and Solomon, and global studies and globalization. This course has made me realize two main things, first, that slavery is still a serious issue in the modern age, and second, this course has made me realize how the modern world is interdependent and much more connected to each other than I previously thought.
The first day of international week at SUU the film “A Prince among Slaves” was presented. The film followed the life of Abdul Rahman, a Muslim prince in Africa whom was captured by a rival tribe and sold to British slave traders. He was sold as a slave to Thomas Foster in Mississippi. Abdul Rahman, or “Prince” tries to escape but the environment is harsh, he returns to the Foster plantation. After years of working on the Foster plantation and commanding the other enslaved Africans and African Americans, …show more content…
This film followed people in disguise going to the Ivory Coast in Africa where child labor is used for the chocolate plantations. In the film, they go to chocolate plantations where they find children working for no wage. In addition, they see children who are lured into thinking they will make money and brought across the border to the plantations. Children who escaped share their stories, and reveal the cruelty and harshness the children face in the plantations. This film teaches its viewers that there is still forced child labor, and that that child labor is used for items that the average person consumes regularly, such as
The first day of international week at SUU the film “A Prince among Slaves” was presented. The film followed the life of Abdul Rahman, a Muslim prince in Africa whom was captured by a rival tribe and sold to British slave traders. He was sold as a slave to Thomas Foster in Mississippi. Abdul Rahman, or “Prince” tries to escape but the environment is harsh, he returns to the Foster plantation. After years of working on the Foster plantation and commanding the other enslaved Africans and African Americans, …show more content…
This film followed people in disguise going to the Ivory Coast in Africa where child labor is used for the chocolate plantations. In the film, they go to chocolate plantations where they find children working for no wage. In addition, they see children who are lured into thinking they will make money and brought across the border to the plantations. Children who escaped share their stories, and reveal the cruelty and harshness the children face in the plantations. This film teaches its viewers that there is still forced child labor, and that that child labor is used for items that the average person consumes regularly, such as