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Re-Education
Re- Education

White Slave Traders

were Investors too

Chioma Phillips

elow is a brief article I’d like to share in the image below African lands, resources just to get nice
by Mawuna Remarque an excerpt from the book ‘Work of a mirrors into their home or buy second hand
Koutonin from Decem- woman, by former First Lady of Ghana, cars, one must be blind not to deduct that
Bber 24, 2020, published Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, who those same people would be happy to sell
on siliconafrica.com, from which I acknowledges the historical facts. their fellows Africans if slave trade would
have borrowed part of the title of The Ashanti most of the time would resume tomorrow.
this article. captured too many people through their
never ending wars to sell to the white, but White slave traders were investors. Re-
Slavery Denialism in Africa have to wait for months for the white ship member!
I’m happy more and more Africans are to come back.
awakening to accept the truth about our Fact is, it was not only the Ashanti. The Note: The image the author men-
own responsibilities in slavery in Africa Fon, the Igbo and many many tribes were tioned in his article was, unfortu-
and colonisation of Africa. willing and proactive participants in the nately, inaccessible at the time of
Acknowledging our ancestors’ weaknesses slave trade. publishing, and the correct book
and crimes would be a huge step in healing With the Arabs, the Bambara, the Mossi, title is “It Takes a Woman”.
the African trauma, the pervasive sense the Fulani, Haussa were huge Islamic
of irresponsibility, but more importantly slave traders. Let’s deal with the issue of denial of
to create space to teach future generation Many nations have acknowledged their responsibility by Afrikans of their
values we wish for. past crimes to upstart a healing process for role in slavery. This is something
Every time I’d post anything about the future. we have addressed either in previ-
the Ashanti and other African tribes’ The current Africans denialism is hurting ous articles or in our book. Even
proactive role in the transatlantic slave all of us, and sabotaging our common without the admissions, reports or
trade, the Akan people from current day future. anecdotal evidence that have been
Ghana would come to attack me with hate When I see so many Africans happy help- provided to back the truth that
messages. ing so called foreign investors to take over Afrikans were involved in slavery

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