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1400 Years of Arab Oppression of Africans
(Times of Israel) Micha Danzig - It is surprising and sad how many people who purport to care about the oppression of indigenous Africans seem to ignore the 1400-plus years of Arab colonization and oppression of Africans. For over 600 years, colonized and subjugated African kingdoms were forced to send tributes of African slaves to the imperial Arab ruler in Egypt. The cultural colonization of indigenous Africans continues to this very day in Mauritania, Sudan and all of North Africa. Between 650 and 1900 CE, approximately 20 million indigenous Africans were enslaved by Arab slave traders. In Mauritania, some 90,000 indigenous Africans are still enslaved. In his 2001 book, The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa, Dr. Alembillah Azumah estimates that over 80 million indigenous Africans died while being transported through the trans-Sahara slave route. In the 21st century, the Arabic word for slave, "abeed," is still used interchangeably by Arabs in most Arab countries to refer to indigenous Africans.