LETTER: Don’t conflate slavery with colonialism
Many captives left Africa in Arab dhows out of places such as Zanzibar bound for the Middle East
01 July 2020 - 16:31
Adekeye Adebajo’s column sounds good and woke, but that’s it (“Three prophets who put spotlight on slavery reparations (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-06-28-adekeye-adebajo-three-prophets-who-put-reparations-for-slavery-in-the-spotlight/#:~:text=Three%20prophets%20have%20been%20at,and%20the%20late%20Ade%20Ajayi.)”, June 29).
Slavery should not be conflated with colonialism, and nor should it be confined to the Americas. As many slaves left Africa in Arab dhows out of places such as Zanzibar bound for the Middle East...
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