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West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began
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By Angela Ukomadu and Nneka Chile
Reuters

West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began

West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began
Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they would put her through school. In her home town in southwest Nigeria, her mother had trouble making enough money to feed her three children.
By Angela Ukomadu and Nneka Chile
Reuters