EMPHASIS ON THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE MAKES AFRICANS VICTIMS, ALLIES OR OPPONENTS OF THE WHITES
They are secondary figures — the stars are Westerners. Yet the leading roles in fact belong to the fervent, ruthless and extremely dynamic raiders of a work force for the markets.
Believing that outsiders exercised hegemony for centuries implies that it is natural and almost eternal.
Showing that it has existed
for but a few generations
points to its economic underpinnings
and suggests that it will pass.
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Painting of al-hajj Umar Tall on a Dakar wall.
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