Africa: Incomplete Memories, Distorted Histories - the Loud Silence Around Africa's Complicity in the Slave Trade

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Africa: Incomplete Memories, Distorted Histories - the Loud Silence Around Africa's Complicity in the Slave Trade

[African Arguments] When will we have an honest conversation about Africa's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

Source: allAfrica.com

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