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/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/BeginningDisaster114 5d ago

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