It has been a year since the kidnapping of almost 300 girls from a school in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram is a terror group acting in the name of Islam, advocating an extremist perversion of Islam, with a particular hate for education, especially of girls (or women). Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousfazai has posted a message to the missing girls, adding her voice to those reminding the world of this abominable act. I would like to say that I think that this young woman is a great inspiration. With great respect I say I think I'm in love (in a human sense) with this young lady. I hope that she continues to be an inspiration for us all.
This group reminds of us the ancient tradition of slavery in Africa. (Other radical Islamicist groups in the Middle East, especially ISIS, have also practiced enslavement, but seem to prefer murder). Many families in Africa sell off their eldest children to provide for the rest of the family, but this type of enslavement is the worst type of slavery. The practice of families selling their children usually involves some degree of care and often is seen as an opportunity for the slave to find a better life than the abject poverty from which they come. Indeed, there are Christian groups who seek to buy these children, educate them, and allow them to actually earn money to send to their families (they are freed, but given the opportunity to earn their freedom so as to free their minds from the concept of slavery).
Some other groups simply buy and liberate slaves, especially since there has been a explosion of legal slavery used as a way to suppress some groups in some parts of Africa.
This group reminds of us the ancient tradition of slavery in Africa. (Other radical Islamicist groups in the Middle East, especially ISIS, have also practiced enslavement, but seem to prefer murder). Many families in Africa sell off their eldest children to provide for the rest of the family, but this type of enslavement is the worst type of slavery. The practice of families selling their children usually involves some degree of care and often is seen as an opportunity for the slave to find a better life than the abject poverty from which they come. Indeed, there are Christian groups who seek to buy these children, educate them, and allow them to actually earn money to send to their families (they are freed, but given the opportunity to earn their freedom so as to free their minds from the concept of slavery).
Some other groups simply buy and liberate slaves, especially since there has been a explosion of legal slavery used as a way to suppress some groups in some parts of Africa.
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