Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "How the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Operated" video.

Another great video, friend. As a Nigerian, i appreciate seeing this kind of objective, well researched discourse on African history. Plus, i am so glad to see someone mention the role that Africans played in perpetuating the slave trade. So many people believe the false narrative that slavery never existed here in Africa and that only Europeans brought it, while ignoring the role of our African ancestors and Arabs had in the evil practice 😔 Thanks for helping to dispel that fallacy.
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@Justin3x3 why does it seem weird for you to hear someone glad that more accurate and objective history is being discussed? Are you somehow implying that we black people only like revised history? Also, your example is even more weird because in reality, there are women who help traffickers and it's sadly not more widely known.
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@aaronmfonyo6801 Thanks, friend 👍
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@oyoo737 you are correct, friend. However, let's not pretend our African ancestors treated their slaves well too. Look at what the Dahomey and the Oyo kingdoms and Edo kingdoms did to their slaves or the Sokoto caliphate or Songhai empire. Look at what the Arabs also did to them. Also, if you want to be objective about the history of slavery in Africa, you also have to admit that the Europeans were the only ones who actually worked to abolish slavery here despite the majority of African and Arab powers wanting it to continue for their own benefit. That's how to be objective of history
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@oyoo737 okay, I can understand but in my reply, I did already emphasize how brutal and inhumane European slavery was here. Or didn't I? Also, my main points are to simply be objective regarding history. So many people believe the false narrative that slavery only started in Africa with the Europeans or that African slavery was somehow "better" than European or Arab slavery. That's historical revisionism which I am against. We should be objective with history and not let emotionality cloud our judgement. For example, slavery still happens here, sadly, in places like Congo and the Sahel and Maghreb but due to historical revisionism and emotional subjectivity, hardly anyone in Africa talks about this.
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@oyoo737 friend, can you see how weird it is to try and rationalize slavery done by our African ancestors just because Europeans also did slavery to us?
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@captainzeppos you are correct, friend. Sadly, the more common narrative now, especially among Pan-Africanists here, is that slavery never existed in Africa or that our slavery was "better"😔 They now lie that only westerners did slavery and worse is that they now downplay ongoing slavery and human trafficking that still exists in Africa today.
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