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The Slavery Museum at Badagry. Photo credit - Getty Images

Badagry’s History: Tracing the Legacy of Slavery in Modern Exploitation

Introduction  Badagry, Lagos in Nigeria stands as a historical reminder of a painful past in the transactional slave trade, where people were moved away from their homeland and were subjected to unbelievable hardships. Even though traditional slavery has ended, modern forms of exploitation has set in such as human trafficking,

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EFFORTS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE: A BATTLE FOR HUMAN DIGNITY

INTRODUCTION  Human trafficking is an alarming reality that affects many parts of the world, including Côte d’Ivoire. Thousands of people, particularly women and children, are victims of this modern form of slavery. However, in the face of this scourge, considerable efforts have been made to put an end to this

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