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DID AKON JUST RIDICULE BLACK SLAVES' SUFFERINGS? | See What The Senegalese-American Singer Had To Say About Slavery
Aug 14, 2020
Senegalese-American musician, philanthropist and business mogul Akon has urged African Americans to move past slavery and stop blaming the past for “every mishap”, claiming Senegal has moved on from that part of their history. He also encouraged them to move back to Africa where they can have their destinies in their own hands.
The Locked Up singer made those comments during an interview on VladTV when he was asked how Senegal feels about slavery and the involvement of African slave traders in the business. The 47-year-old musician spent most of his childhood in the West African nation.
“In Senegal, we’ve kind of overcome the thought of slavery, we don’t even think about it,” he said. “The only time we think about it, honestly, is when we’re doing tours at Goree Island. Outside of that, people have lived and moved way beyond the slavery concept and idea and mind state.”
According to some historians, the island of Goree was the largest slave-trading center on the African coast from the 15th to the 19th century. It was ruled by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French.
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