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"They seize numbers of our free or freed black
subjects, and even nobles, sons of nobles, even the members of our own
family."
Excerpt from letter from Affonso, King of Congo,
to King of Portugal João III, 18 October 1526.
Within
the space of four hundred years millions of people were forcibly taken from
Africa as slaves. The majority of them went to the Americas, although many were
taken to the Middle East and North Africa.
Slavery
had been practised all over the world for thousands of years, but never before
had so many people from one continent been transported to another against their
will.
It
is hard to be precise, but around 15 million Africans in total were forcibly
taken from the continent into slavery. Large scale slave trading in Africa ceased
towards the end of the 19th century, but its legacy of suffering continues today.
 Listen
to Roots of African Slavery, the fourteenth programme in the 大象传媒 landmark radio series
The Story of Africa, presented by Hugh Quarshie
Listen
to The Transatlantic Slave Trade, the fifteenth programme in the 大象传媒 landmark radio series
The Story of Africa, presented by Hugh Quarshie
Listen
to East African Slavery, the sixteenth programme in the 大象传媒 landmark radio series
The Story of Africa, presented by Hugh Quarshie
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