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    • Africans did NOT sell their own people into slavery

      Africans did NOT sell their own people into slaveryDid Africans "sell" their own people into slavery? Well, the simple answer is yes. Some Africans did indeed "sell" their own people into slavery the same way some Jewish people helped Adolf Hitler butcher their fellow Jews. I put "sell" in quote...

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    • Christianity and Slavery: The role of the Church

      Christianity and Slavery: The role of the ChurchI received an email yesterday concerning an article I wrote some time ago. The person asked me so many interesting questions and I will try my best to answer some of those questions in this follow-up post. What role did the Church play in the...

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    • The Slave Trade in Africa: Follow-up

      The Slave Trade in Africa: Follow-upI will begin this post with a famous quote from the late Professor Chinua Achebe of Nigeria. According to the late professor, "Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter ”. History has not been...

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    • Barter Trading and Taxation in Colonial Africa

      Barter Trading and Taxation in Colonial AfricaThis is also a follow-up to an article I wrote some time ago about the transatlantic slave trade that took place in Africa some centuries ago. I have received several emails and questions concerning the mode of trade and the taxation system that was...

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    • Genocide in Africa: The forgotten ones

      Genocide in Africa: The forgotten onesAnytime I remember what happened in Rwanda somewhere in 1994 (not long ago), tears flow down my cheek. I cry not just because of the untold number of innocent people who lost their lives but also because of the way the world reacted. Over 800,000...

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    • Gaddafi a Madman, a Monster, or a King?

      Gaddafi a Madman, a Monster, or a King?"People who don't love me do not deserve to live." These are the words of Libyan dictator and President Muammar Al Gaddafi. The tyrant is also willing to kill those who do not love or agree with him.He calls himself the "King of Kings of Africa"...

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    • Wangari Maathai the Tree Lady of Africa
    • Professor Chinua Achebe: The African
    • Miriam Makeba: The Mama Africa
    • Nelson Mandela: Madiba the African
    • The Invisible Child Soldiers in Africa
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