By Adeze Ojukwu
The horrific Atlantic slave trade officially ended about 200 years ago. However, the scars are still epitomized by the systemic racial discriminations against people of colour in Western nations and their institutions.
Stories of bitter memories of the humongous cruelty displayed by the white merchants against their human commodities were rehashed recently, at this year’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The commemoration, as in previous editions, centered around the brutal abduction of thousands of young men and women from West Africa to Europe and the Americas. The account of this vicious debasement of West Africans was vividly chronicled by a publication by Ricenpeas.org.
