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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net> wrote: >> >> >>> According to >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Igbo_in_the_Atlantic_slave_trade 60% of >>> African Americans have an Igbo ancestor - a state of affairs which my >>> forefathers are primarily responsible for as I am an Aro . I'm told we never >>> sold our own, part of the reason why there have been calls for the Aro's to >>> apologize and make reparations to the rest of the Igbos. >> >> >> Wow. I hadn't heard such calls. That sounds like a sure way to open up >> an economy sized can of worms! I hear you, though. My Mum's from near >> Calabar and my Dad from near Owerri, and I've heard the joke before that my >> Mum's ancestors used to be in the business of selling my Dad's. >> > > My mum is from the Old Cross River State as well. > > According to my father other Igbo towns used to round up their troublemakers > and hand over to the Aros for slave trading, which would make them willing > accomplices (so much for the reparations argument). > > To end this historical off topic diversion, note from the wikipedia link hell no, I like offtopic conversations every once in a while.... > "In the United States the Igbo slaves were known for being rebellious. In > some states such as Georgia, the Igbo had a high suicide rate" > > Our people did not accept their situation passively. which reminds me that folks still need to not accept this situation passively, lest we think this is some historical anomaly; http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worst-countries-for-modern-slavery/277037/ by every measure slavery today is still as big a business as it was in the past. apologies for the Monday downer/righteousness/opinion. Jim Fuller
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