When I was on active duty, I spent a fair amount of time in Africa training African soldiers and, prior to Robert Mugabe going nuts, spent some time in Zimbabwe. I became very good friends with a Captain Zindoga, who took the time to give me his perspective on the history of Zimbabwe, Africa (where slavery is still very much alive, by the way), slavery and the role of Africans in the slavery trade.
Zindoga took me to the remains of a rather large village, which he explained had been a slave camp, i.e., a camp in which slaves were housed on their way to the coast, to be sold to Dutch and British slavers. He went on to explain that it was quite common for members of one tribe to capture and sell members of another tribe to slavers. The slavers, he said, “would never venture this far from the coast. If it were not for African tribes selling slaves, there would have been no slave trade.”
He went on to explain that it was quite common for members of one tribe to capture and sell members of another tribe to slavers. The slavers, he said, “would never venture this far from the coast. If it were not for African tribes selling slaves, there would have been no slave trade.”
I heard the same stories when I was in Africa
Thanks and for your service as well.