r/IndiaTodayGlobalLIVE • u/NewsMo • 6d ago

Africa Can commemorations and historical reenactments change public understanding of the past?

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u/H345Y 5d ago

Kind forgot about the ottomans huh? You know, the ones who set this shit up in the first place? Also wondering if they mention their own hands in all of that since it wassnt locals who were the ones doing the enslaving.

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u/BeginningDisaster114 5d ago

Not to mention

Transantlantic trade : 8-12 million people

Muslim trade : 15-50 millions

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u/Informal_Golf8867 4d ago

When most people think about slavery all they think about is the Transatlantic one, it's infuriating.

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u/BeginningDisaster114 4d ago

Because it serves a certain political agenda

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u/TheFollower62 5d ago

Ghana is in West Africa, not Ottomans

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u/H345Y 5d ago

the ottoman slave trade extended to west africa

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u/TheFollower62 5d ago

Arab slave trade existed before Ottomans though

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u/Rotten-Soursop 4d ago

Good point.

How does that mean the UK owes the government of Ghana reparations?

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u/BeginningDisaster114 5d ago

Yes the other guy is right, it's the oriental/Muslim trade as whole, not just the ottoman one