Voland

Slave trade is not a historical issue in some regions of the world but very real.
Given Kachepa from Sambia is trying to draw attention to the matter by telling his own story. As a boy he was captured and taken to the US to sing in a choir with the purpose of making money for his captors........




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Алекс

Its also a large problem in eastern europe

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary

Wow, the guy got ripped off by a church. How do you like that?

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Sebelius for VP, not Hillary

Here's Zambia, the country he's from. I like to know these things.

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africanhope

Zambia have for long been (just some info, WEB) one of the most peaceful and stable countries in Africa. Not a huge power, ithas had strong influence in Southern Africa due to this fact. Alo recently, it's president has been the most vocal oponent to Mugabe in the region, calling for him to resign.

Zambia has fallen on hard times, as their economy was largely build on its copper mines. But with the collapse of the copper market, he country has struggled to adapt.

And btw, being ripped of, and misused by a church, this is in no way new, is it?

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panteth4h2o

It's my understanding that slavery still exists in a few areas of the world, even parts of Africa. I remember reading a 2004 BBC article, where slavery in Nigeria had just been outlawed that year. Whether it's still an issue over there, I do not know. But many third world countries, including some in Latin America, still practice slavery, or export it.

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FRYandBENDER

Yeah, Americans are evil. We should eraticate them. Their children are evil too.

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marv

Oh yes! Quoting Al Jazeera as the source of the story..........

Islam is the largest - by far - practitioner of slavery in the world today. An estimated 10-15 percent of children, girls age 8 to 15, abducted in Europe end up in brothels in the Arabian peninsula. Child pornography is endemic in Russia, Eastern Europe, France and England.

Now, let's talk about slavery.....

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Inan’Ta

Each year, an estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States that means those 14 to17 thousand innocent people are forced into the sex industry/prostitution, labor industry or are forced into marriage. I did my senior project on human trafficking and its physical and emotional affects. It knows no religion or race but rather class. Financially poor women and children are the sole victims.

It isn’t a Muslim thing, it isn’t a Christian thing, and it sure isn’t a Jew thing.