This is very true too.I’ve heard this argument in real life and the person always said: slavery in africa was different, and they didn’t understand what slavery was in the white mans culture.
Additionally there was a religious aspect to some of it, where muslims were not allowed to sell another muslim but they could target non-muslims.The only people who say that are racist cacs & nikkas who dont understand concepts such as nationhood and warfare.
Europeans came to Africa and seen entire nations with their own cultures, ways of life, and spiritual practices... each kingdom had its own history and its own personal interests.... some of these kingdoms were rivals... some were allies.
It wasn't Africans "selling their own"
For example, I'm Haitian and I trace my bloodline back to the Dahomey kingdom via oral history.
The Dahomey had to fight a revolutionary war to gain independence from the Yoruba.
If a Dahomey man sold a Yoruba man to a Portuguese slave trader - he didn't sell "his own people"
He sold his enemy.
If a Dahomey man sold a prisoner to a European slave trader - he didn't "sell his own"
He sold a criminal who was banished from the kingdom.
Additionally there was a religious aspect to some of it, where muslims were not allowed to sell another muslim but they could target non-muslims.
The only people who say that are racist cacs & nikkas who dont understand concepts such as nationhood and warfare.
Europeans came to Africa and seen entire nations with their own cultures, ways of life, and spiritual practices... each kingdom had its own history and its own personal interests.... some of these kingdoms were rivals... some were allies.
It wasn't Africans "selling their own"
For example, I'm Haitian and I trace my bloodline back to the Dahomey kingdom via oral history.
The Dahomey had to fight a revolutionary war to gain independence from the Yoruba.
If a Dahomey man sold a Yoruba man to a Portuguese slave trader - he didn't sell "his own people"
He sold his enemy.
If a Dahomey man sold a prisoner to a European slave trader - he didn't "sell his own"
He sold a criminal who was banished from the kingdom.
There a dude who was a modern slave in Africa most of his life on Tik-Tok ima try and find his videos rnI’ve heard this argument in real life and the person always said: slavery in africa was different, and they didn’t understand what slavery was in the white mans culture.