“Slave Routes: A Global Vision” is an ... stemming from the global tragedy of the slave trade and slavery. Aimed at a general audience, it provides an overview of the massive deportation of African ...

African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...

Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, gave a keynote at the United Nations’ annual ceremony in observance of the ...

It is about taking action today to dismantle the structures that continue to hold back people of African descent. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act ... the UNESCO "Routes of Enslaved Peoples ...

Millions of enslaved Africans died in captivity or on board European slave ships en route to the New World. West African societies change due to the trade in enslaved people. The wealth to be made ...

The transatlantic slave trade ... to deny people of African descent the opportunity to thrive. He called on governments to acknowledge the truth and finally honour the trade's legacy by taking ...

“The name Chibok is familiar to all of you, but you have no idea how many Chiboks there are, especially in the West African subregion ... that “the slave trade and slavery are among ...

So in 1819 a further bill was passed allowing the use of armed cruisers on the coasts of the United States and Africa to suppress the slave trade. A further act in 1820 ensured participation in ...

However, it was more likely to happen on the west coast of Africa where the slave trade was more established and relations between African rulers and European traders were strong. The ship’s ...