Dear Ghana, the Asante Empire which is now modern day Ghana were leaders of slavery around 1701-1900. They heavily depended on enslaved Africans to sustain their gold, cotton driven economy. Historians conclude that around 6,500 slaves were added to the empire annually. This means Ghana, a superpower then, actually raided inland Africa and enslaved them. They were the ones who supplied the Europeans with enslaved Africa at the Chattel slave trade. So, why is the slave trade the gravest humanitarian sin and not the Africans who enslaved their own? Finally, this sudden “fight” for social justice has all the signals of some international powers pulling the strings. This is a speculation. A wild one. But I know when international giants are using an African nation as their tool. But dear Ghana, slavery was a humanity crime. It is gone, largely. Let Africa now fights its own internal battles of corruption, disregard for the rule of law. These are the real enemies of Africa, not an event that happened 400 years which nobody here today witnessed or experienced.
