Modern-Day Slavery in Africa: Ignoring the Present While Obsessing Over the Past

Here’s the problem: when we talk about slavery, everyone loves to talk about the past. We hear endless discussions about colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and systemic oppression stemming from historical injustices. But what about right now? What about the slavery that’s happening today, right under our noses, in places no one wants to acknowledge?

It’s almost as if people—especially black people—focus so much on the legacy of slavery that they’re blind to the fact that modern-day slavery is thriving in Africa itself. And I’m not talking about metaphorical slavery or exploitation in a vague economic sense. I mean real slavery. People in chains, forced labor, human trafficking, women and children sold for sex, and entire lives owned by someone else.

Take Mauritania, for instance. This country has the dubious honor of being one of the last to outlaw slavery—in 1981. Even then, slavery wasn’t criminalized until 2007, and today, estimates suggest that around 2% of the population (tens of thousands of people) still live as slaves. Generations of families are born into slavery, inheriting their “status” as property of their masters. These people work as herders, domestic servants, or laborers, often subjected to physical abuse and denied basic human rights.

But Mauritania isn’t the only culprit. Let’s talk about Nigeria, the so-called “giant of Africa.” In Nigeria, human trafficking is rampant, with tens of thousands of people—mainly women and children—being sold into forced labor or sexual exploitation. The country has become a major hub for trafficking, not just internally but across borders. Women are promised jobs or education opportunities in places like Europe or the Middle East, only to find themselves trapped in brothels or working under appalling conditions in factories.

And it’s not just trafficking for sex. Children in Nigeria are frequently sold into forced labor. In the cocoa farms of the southwest and fishing industries in the Niger Delta, children as young as five are forced to work long hours, often under dangerous conditions. They’re deprived of education, malnourished, and beaten if they fail to meet their “quotas.”

In Sudan and South Sudan, slavery takes on another horrifying dimension. Armed conflict and ethnic tensions fuel a system where women and children are abducted and forced into domestic servitude or sexual slavery. In some cases, children are turned into child soldiers, forced to fight and kill for militias. Imagine a child ripped from their family, handed a gun, and told to kill or be killed. That’s modern-day slavery.

Libya, of course, is another glaring example, where the slave markets operating in broad daylight shocked the world. Sub-Saharan migrants attempting to reach Europe are intercepted, detained, and sold. These people are treated like livestock, sold to the highest bidder, and forced into labor, prostitution, or worse. Reports detail horrific abuse—beatings, starvation, and even execution for those who resist.

Ghana is another hotspot. The country’s Volta Lake region is infamous for the exploitation of children in the fishing industry. Parents, often out of desperation, sell their children to traffickers, believing they’ll have better opportunities. Instead, these children are enslaved, forced to dive into dangerous waters to untangle fishing nets, with many of them drowning in the process.

In Mali, the story is similar. Children are trafficked and forced to work in agriculture, gold mines, or domestic servitude. In the gold mines, these children endure hazardous conditions, using mercury to extract gold—a process that not only harms them physically but poisons them for life.

And then there’s the Democratic Republic of Congo, where modern-day slavery often takes the form of forced labor in mines. Here, people—including children—are exploited to mine for resources like cobalt and coltan, essential for modern electronics. These miners work in dangerous conditions, often under armed guards who ensure they don’t escape.

But here’s the kicker: no one wants to talk about it. Everyone’s too busy shouting about reparations for slavery that ended centuries ago to address the atrocities happening now. People are quick to blame white colonial powers for Africa’s historical suffering, but when it comes to acknowledging the role of black traffickers, slavers, and exploiters in modern-day slavery, there’s a deafening silence.

Why? Because it’s uncomfortable. It’s easier to paint a clear picture of villains and victims when you’re talking about the past. It’s easier to rage against colonialism and systemic racism than to admit that slavery today is largely being perpetuated by Africans themselves.

The truth is, slavery never really ended in some parts of Africa. It just changed forms. In some cases, the same ethnic divisions that drove historical slavery are fueling it today. In other cases, it’s pure greed, corruption, and indifference. Yet the narrative remains fixated on history because it’s easier to weaponize the past than to deal with the present.

If you’re going to talk about slavery, fine. But be consistent. Don’t just mourn the chains of your ancestors while ignoring the chains being locked onto someone else’s wrists right now. Don’t just blame colonialism and imperialism when the evidence shows that much of Africa’s modern slavery is driven by internal corruption and exploitation.

It’s time to stop being selective in outrage. Slavery isn’t just a legacy of the past—it’s a reality of the present. And until people are willing to face that, the cycle will continue. While some are busy demanding apologies for history, others are suffering in silence today. Let’s hope the voices speaking for the modern slaves grow louder than the echoes of the past.

You left out slavery in China, Iran and Afghanistan.    You also left out 350 000 children smuggled into the USA where they were handed to agents promoting CHILD slavery in the country.   Eatch the following video on that score  

  https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-slams-biden-official-releasing-migrant-children-human-traffickers/

Another liberal effort to evade the burden of the past. Liberalism supposedly by its own words is about liberty. Liberals claim they put liberty on a high ground. When assessed, the claim is obviously non sense. Liberal societies were slaver societies that kept finding affinities with other slaver societies.. It is clear cut in the united states of America. While indian populations were for most of them slavers, white people in the US favoured the harshest slavers among them. White people place a hierarchy among indian population accoridng to their slavery level.

Liberalism fosters slavery. Libya was devoid of slavery, once liberated, slavery re appeared. Same happened in Iraq by the way.

It would be very surprising that Africa would have been able to get rid of slavery. Contrary to the non sensical narrative of black people selling black people, the attantic slavery trade was the platform for wars between African slavers and white slavers backed by black populations. Slavery to white people was considered the most atrocious fate for an african slave, african slaves saw it as a cruel punishment. And african slavery was certainly not a walk in the park, it was very harsh but slvavery at the hands of white people was considered by slaves themselves  a downgrade. African slavers lost the wars against the white slavers and their black suppletives.

When colonialism happened, no colonial power ever ended slavery. On the very contrary, they kept empowering the same black populations who helped white people conquer the african slave market.

As of today, how liberals could report the situation as it has been installed without sinking in their anti white rhetorics. Not possible. They will prefer to write empty drivels like the opening posts. Ending slavery in Africa would require to overthrow liberal influence and their leaing to promote slavery. No african country has this power.

TLDR;

Trad believes that blacks have black slaves in Africa and it's whitey's fault.

Whahaha!!!!

Wehe . . . that didn't take too long did it?

ButtPlug has gone from "welcome back Trad, you're so interesting, please stick around" to "you're so boring I didn't even read your rubbish but I know you're wrong" . . . and all it took was one criticism of an admittedly weak post.  

The ‘burden of the past’ is a waste of time…victimology just breeds weak societies. Fight for the future. The strong have exploited the weak throughout history….but  never less so than today. 

We operate with very crude, emotional models about human behaviour. If we are going to blame the past you can’t stop with the last round of victims. For example, weren’t the Boers victims in the cynical Boer war and way back in Holland and France, which caused them to take the incredible risk of going to Africa. Nobody made that trip who wasn’t desperate.

Addressing these cascading waves of exploitation is impossible  intellectually, blocked by property rights laws and should be rewarding people who are already dead. It’s a fool’s errand.

Fight for a level playing field, take on the challenge of competing groups…compelling your own group to find and exploit their competitive advantage. And lose the racial lens, it saps resolve.

I provided the TLDR for others.

How could I know what he wrote had I not at least skimmed through it?

Waaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha!

So ButtPlug, what you're trying to tell us is that the acronym TLDR stands for "Too Long Don't Read" rather than the conventional "Too Long Didn't Read"?

That is what you're saying here , right?

LMAO!

ButtPlug has gone from "welcome back Trad, you're so interesting, please stick around" to "you're so boring I didn't even read your rubbish but I know you're wrong" . . . and all it took was one criticism of an admittedly weak post.  

ButtPlug has always been anti Trad until I popped Trad one, suddenly he became a ButtPlug favourite. Hahahaha

. . . and is already wishing he hadn't!

LMAO!

Careful with Butt Plug's sensitivities, I wouldn't like him having another hissy fit and stomping off the board.....  would that be his 5th?

Say Peeper have you figured out the difference between convicted and sentenced yet

Ai, ou RooiNuts

You're becoming almost as sad as Denise with your low grade vectors.

Chat GPT query; what does it mean when you provide the TLDR for a long post made by someone else?

ChatGPT response;

When you provide a TL;DR for a post someone else made, you’re summarizing their content in a way that highlights the key points or main ideas. It’s essentially distilling their message down to its essence to make it quicker and easier for others to understand.

Here’s how to do it effectively: 1. Read the Post Thoroughly: Make sure you understand the original poster’s message fully. Misinterpreting their point can lead to confusion or misrepresentation. 2. Identify Key Points: Focus on the main argument, conclusion, or key facts in their post. Ignore minor details or tangential points unless they’re crucial to the context. 3. Remain Neutral and Accurate: When summarizing someone else’s post, avoid adding your own opinions, interpretations, or biases. Represent their message faithfully. 4. Keep It Short: A TL;DR should be brief and to the point, usually just a sentence or two.

Example

Original Post: “I recently switched to a plant-based diet because I wanted to improve my health and reduce my environmental impact. While the transition was tough at first, I’ve found some amazing recipes, and my energy levels have been much better. However, eating out has been a challenge since many restaurants lack good plant-based options.”

Your TL;DR: “Switched to a plant-based diet for health and environmental reasons. Transition was hard, but energy improved. Eating out remains a challenge.”

By doing this, you make the post accessible to readers who don’t have time to read the whole thing while respecting the original poster’s intent.

Hysteria is bouncing all over the Board following Peeper for air cover. But she hasn’t responded to my simple question, if we were all racists what should we have done to stop Apartheid. And my follow up question…why did she run off to Australia rather than following her own advice.

Thanks ButtPlug, but you're claiming you posted it to tell others not to read it. Isn't that what you're saying above?

If not, why did you say it if you did actually read Trad's garbage? Trying to sound clever and then shot yourself through the foot instead?

LMAO!

You not gonna shed a tear for all the slaves in Africa, Denise?

But I bet that if there was an article on line tomorrow about how a white guy was caught with 10 slaves, you'd be all over this board, teaching us about racism and how guilty we should feel?

Do you see why I, and hardly anybody else, give two shits about your pathetic moralising?

Read this if you have balls...

"Nietzsche argued that morality, as developed by the “weak,” is used as a tool to control and subvert the “strong.”

The specific idea is often summarized as follows:

“Morality is the weapon of the weak to constrain the strong.”

Nietzsche believed that traditional morality, especially in its focus on humility, self-denial, and pity, was a “slave morality” created by those without power to undermine and constrain those with power (the “masters”). The “weak” couldn’t compete with the “strong” directly, so they developed a moral framework that glorified weakness, suffering, and obedience while condemning strength, ambition, and self-assertion as evil or sinful.

In contrast, Nietzsche praised the “master morality,” which he associated with strength, creativity, and life-affirmation, values that reflect the self-determined nature of the “strong.”

This idea is central to Nietzsche’s broader philosophy, challenging traditional concepts of good and evil and emphasizing the need for individuals to transcend imposed moralities to create their own values."

;)

Don’t confuse  2Pot, he once insisted that Gabriel Garcia Marquez came up with ‘if you don’t learn from history you are doomed to repeat it’. Nietzsche might blow his fuse.

Rooi, are you okay?

Providing a TLDR for someone else's post is simply saying "Here's a summary".

Hence it's often referred to as "the tldr", same as here's "the summary".

Anyway, here's yet another ChatGPT query for ya;

Is it common practice on forums to provide a tldr for someone else's long post and when doing so are you suggesting others should not read the post?

ChatGPT response;

Providing a TL;DR for someone else’s post on forums can be common, but its appropriateness and frequency depend on the context of the forum, its culture, and the intent behind the summary. Here’s a breakdown:

1. Common Practice? • Yes, it’s somewhat common, especially in forums or discussion platforms where posts can be long and people appreciate concise summaries (e.g., Reddit, community forums, or online debates). • TL;DRs are typically appreciated when they provide value, such as helping others quickly grasp the gist of the discussion without wading through a wall of text.

2. Does It Suggest Others Shouldn’t Read the Post? • Not necessarily. Providing a TL;DR doesn’t inherently discourage others from reading the full post. Instead, it serves as a quick preview or guide for readers to decide if they want to engage more deeply. • It may be perceived as dismissive if the summary seems oversimplified, biased, or sarcastic, especially if the original poster values their full content being read.

3. When It’s Appropriate: • When asked for a TL;DR: If the community often asks for summaries of lengthy posts, providing one is likely welcomed. • If you’re neutral and respectful: A fair and accurate summary of the post is usually seen as helpful. • When engaging with the original poster: TL;DRs can clarify your understanding of their post before you respond.

4. When It Might Be Inappropriate: • If it oversimplifies or misrepresents the post, leading to misunderstandings or taking the discussion off track. • If it’s dismissive or condescending, implying the post was too long or not worth reading.

Example of Good TL;DR Practice:

Original Post: “Here’s my detailed review of the game. The story was compelling, the graphics were stunning, but the gameplay felt repetitive after a while. Overall, I’d recommend it to casual gamers but not hardcore fans of the genre.”

Your TL;DR: “Compelling story and great graphics, but repetitive gameplay. Recommended for casual gamers, not hardcore fans.”

This summary doesn’t discourage reading the full post but helps others quickly understand the essence of the content.

In summary, providing a TL;DR for someone else’s post can be useful and respectful if done thoughtfully, without dismissing the full content or undermining the poster’s effort.

...in all honesty Rooi, these small victories over you mean so little.

At least think things through and make it worth my while. Else, what's it all for?

Oh, well at least you got Denise excited...then simple girl that she is.

Moz, these two clowns are so out of their depth.

Look at the weak nonsense they're offering up.

...I think we broke them.

What other explanation can there be?

Hahaha….they probably communicated and it went something like this:

Hysteria: ‘what can we do, we are being killed’

Two Pot: ‘no point in trying to compete it’s not working, let’s ignore them’

Hysteria: ‘Good idea I’m good at that, I’ll just ignore them’

Two Pot: ‘just say negative things about Trump, Blob will support us’

Hysteria: ‘that’s confusing, what if they humiliate us like Moffie just did when he caught you on the sentencing vs conviction thing’

Two Pot: ‘ignore it’

Hysteria: ‘or when Plum finally had enough and exposed us on the chess debacle’

Two Pot: ‘ignore it’

Hysteria:’ you mean just ignore everything and hope to hell other posters don’t notice’

Two Pot: ‘that’s right Einstein even if they recall how I exposed your running away to Oz…say nothing.’

Hysteria: ‘I promise, thanks that’s brilliant….did you hear about the sure thing in this year’s Durban July….’

Denise's best one of 2025 was exclaiming that the ball had to be swinging because else how could Paterson take the wickets that he did. Turns out Paterson relies on seam movement. And then Densie claims it was a wind-up...when it obviously wasn't. Incompetence and dishonesty, all in one.

Then old Rooi embarrasses himself with this TLDR issue to start the new year.

Who knew there was that much egg in this world or that two faces could accomodate so much of it.

I have a mind to glue these two Humpties back together just to watch them come apart again.

"Then old Rooi embarrasses himself with this TLDR issue to start the new year."

Lol Rooi...

Are you a spaz?

Providing a tldr is basically saying "If you find this too long to read then here is a summary".

It has nothing to do with telling people not to read it.

And of course one would have to read it to provide a TLDR.

You jumped in here thinking you had a gotcha, but you didn't, and now you look silly.

ButtPlug, you can keep spinning this as much as you like, you can call me a spaz and you can call me stupid, but you're going to struggle to convince me that "Didn't Read" actually means "Did Read".

I know what "Too Long Didn't Read" means and it doesn't mean "Did read but . . . ummmm . . . decided to summarize it."

Truth is, you did read Trad's rubbish but wanted to pretend you were too cool to read it and ended up looking the absolute opposite of cool . . . like an egg-face d fool in fact.

Lol how can I provide a TLDR without reading it, you mong?

"Hey guys, here's the summary, but also, I didn't read it...but yeah, here's the summary."

What is wrong with you?

Would it help you if I went on Reddit, or similar, and took some screenshots of how TLDR is used?

TLDR;

Rooi is a spaz

Actually he seems to be on the Biden train…he comes on, makes his standard unprovoked attack. But something is lacking , making trademark blunders like assuming time stamps change if a post is corrected. 

It wasn’t always thus, typically it took a few exchanges before he made a fatal error. These days, like a boxer who has taken too many beatings, it’s one punch and he’s on the deck quivering.

Meanwhile Hysteria is so rattled she only appears when Time Stamp is on the Board, not realizing she is chained to a corpse. This lack of competition is a bit boring.

It is odd how RooiFace seems to be making clanger after clanger.

As you say, there used to be some intelligence to his strafes.

These days he appears only to want to find gotchas and seems far worse at landing any.

The strong have exploited the weak throughout history….but  never less so than today.

So wrong. It is the product of the warped liberal perception.

Before the rise of liberalism, civilizations put an emphaiis on educating the strong. Weak people were weak, what could be changed was the way the strong used their strength. So the strong were entangled in all kinds of codes, duties, social services etc

Liberalism has changed the paradigm and inverted it. Any constraints applied on the strong is wrong, the strong must be liberated, they will make humanity progress. What is wrong is weak people, they are weak and be held responsible for being weak. There will be so more to tell about that but no time, it is very funny to see how christianity has been distorted.

Trad, explain your view of Christianity to me please...and how it was distorted ...and there's a difference between weak and meek.