Slavery in modern Africa

generation needs to know that African- Americans today are descendants of slavery. Slavery was one of the darkest periods in the history of African and African-Americans lives. The term “slave” is defined as a person or a group of people who has been forced against their will to work and be owned by another person as a property. Slavery existed throughout the 15th to 19th centuries. The 13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution abolished slavery decades ago…

for Europeans because of the Native American genocide, creating the need for slavery in America and the creation of the basis of what is now a world controlled by systematic racism. Christopher Columbus discovering…

Picture of Africa Africa has long been described as a ‘dark’ continent by Europeans. The common idea is that it was, and still is an undeveloped continent. Is this really true? Christianity, slavery and unjust power is the legacy of one of the world’s largest continents. History did not show mercy to the African people. Nor did Europe or the rest of the world. Why is it that the blood was shed where peace and culture prevailed? Angela Thompsell, writer of the article “Why was Africa called…

Child slavery is one of the largest international issues we have today; it is such an exacerbated issue that it is one of the first issues causing international attention to be abolished (Glind). Many people believe slavery has been eradicated and no longer exists, but this idea could not be more erroneous. According to antislavery.org, in multiple forms of slavery, there are over 8.4 million child slaves in the world today (Antislavery.org). There are many different forms of child slavery.…

The mission of colonization by Europeans had nothing to do with the noble intentions and officially preached slogans. Thanks to Marlow the reader is able to experience firsthand the harsh truth about the life in Africa. From the sailor’s story we find out about the physically exhausted laborers living on the verge of famine. The corruption of officials, who try to enrich themselves by taking advantage of low cost workers from the corporations, is all present. Those…

since the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, and yet slavery, the peerless transgression of human rights, continues to eclipse the idealistic vision of a principled global…

Capitalism and Slavery In the introduction to his book Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams clearly states, “Here, then, is the origin of Negro slavery. The reason was economic, not racial; it had to do not with the color of the laborer, but the cheapness of the labor.” This meant that he was attempting to pursue an understanding of the economic aspects of slavery without the association of morals nor ethics. An argument that is indeed controversial in our now humanitarian-based society. In…

already in full effect and created divisions between other areas that have not yet industrialized. Beliefs of power and dominance over places like Africa paved a way for leaders to implement their own structure. However, more importantly, the ideals of money the industrial revolution created made it easy for King Leopold to force natives into slavery. Each of the components can be traced back to values and knew ideas that resulted from the industrial revolution. After countries like Britain…

smoking marijuana with the recurring theme of the colors red, yellow, and green. This cliche image of Bob Marley does not do justice for Rastafarianism, and creates a false illustration of the true roots and motives of this “religion”. In the song “Africa Unite” by Bob Marley, the line “How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, to see the unification of all Africans” simply explains the true goal of Rastafarianism. The goal of the rasta man is to escape the pressure of Babylon,…

It is unknown the exact moment that slavery was birthed into such an intricate institution. Beginning from the early days of colonization, the idea of slavery gradually spread into an empire, dominating the western parts of Africa and further spreading into parts of Europe and what is now America. Slavery became an advocate for the economic progression within Africa. The desire for money, power and security motivated this complex system of slavery and the political, economic, religious and…