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Another Face of Slavery
From: Colonial Systems of Control
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After the abolition of slavery and the slave trade towards the end of the eighteenth century, people around the world, particularly the black race, were gladdened in body and in mind because it marked the beginning of the end of a savage and barbaric era.
But little did the people of Africa and Nigeria in particular know that in less than a century would come a period of decadence, a society that is reminiscent of the era of slavery.
Contributors
Osadolor Eribo
Osa Eribo wrote "Another Face of Slavery" while imprisoned in Kirikiri maximum security prison in Lagos State, Nigeria. He was a soldier in the Nigerian army, and upon demanding proper medical attention after sustaining injuries during peacekeeping missions in Sierra Leone and Liberia. About two years later, he was taken to Egypt for a supposedly medical treatment which never materialized due to Algeria's Army corrupt practices. He was brought back to Nigeria, charged with "mutiny," and imprisoned. He has since been released from prison due to interest in his case by several human rights activists and lawyers. He wrote "Patriotism: Illusion or Reality?" after being released from Kirikiri maximum security prison. He has orally communicated the difficulties he faces as a person carrying the ex-prisoner stigma. In addition, he has experienced hardships through "unpleasant" interactions with Nigerian military personnel, who took offence to his criticisms, actions, and triumphs. Eribo managed to land safely in Italy and now resides in Canada, where he has been granted protection as a conventional refugee who has survived a series of abuses and persecutions between 1999 and 2004. He is currently enrolled as a student of Woodsworth College, University of Toronto. Based on his convictions and philosophical concepts of a better world, he is very much involved in grassroots organizing in Toronto around prisoners' rights, immigrants' rights, and anti-poverty campaigns. Among the groups he works with are Global Importune, No One Is Illegal
