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This issue addresses the issue of modern slavery, made even more pertinent by the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes feature essays on more local aspects of modern slavery and human trafficking including a survivor’s personal account of human trafficking.
Marie Rodet, Bakary Camara, Marie-Christine Deleigne, and Lotte PelckmansJune 7, 2021
Examining the links between descent-based slavery and contemporary slavery in West Africa helps us to find the missing link to understanding the conditions under which slavery and slavery-like practices keep persisting despite abolitions and international anti-slavery legislation.
Allen KiconcoJune 2, 2021
Years after civil wars have ended in northern Uganda and Sierra Leone, women abducted by rebel groups who are victims of forced marriage and sexual slavery continue to experience exclusion. Their experiences reveal that reintegration is not linear but lifelong and potentially intergenerational.
Edwin ChegeFebruary 19, 2021
Author of ‘The Case for Colonial Reparations’, Edwin Chege, believes in a ‘supranatural’ writing process, ‘that ideas should flow easily and freely.’ ‘Writing often involves an ethereal, otherworldly process of tapping into some consciousness that is greater than the self.’
Olayinka AdeniyiJune 7, 2021
Despite child marriage being recognized and prohibited by both international and domestic laws within Nigeria. Child marriage is still prevalent, especially in the North and argued as an Islamic religious practice.
Enrique MartinoJune 7, 2021
Khalih KhalihJune 8, 2021
After she was promised a job by an old friend in Delhi, Khalih, a young Kenyan woman, travelled to India. But she ended up being kidnapped by a sex-trafficking ring. She writes about how she survived the experience.
Boetumelo Julianne NyasuluMay 7, 2021
Author of ‘A Pair of Broad Bottoms’ and ‘Politics of Exposure’, Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu, considers writing as a form of worship. ‘I truly feel closest to God when I write. Like it’s exactly what I’m supposed to be doing. I’m transported somewhere, and hours go by.’
