Silent Terror: A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery

Silent Terror is the disturbing story of a black American s journey into the horrors of modern day slavery in Africa The author s odyssey takes him from New York to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, where he comes face to face with the Arab Berbers centuries old practice of enslaving black Africans Samuel Cotton s research exposes this heinous practice while documenting and analyzing the hatred that the Arab minority holds for blacks, both slave and free, in a country where everyone is Muslim.Cotton takes the reader into the life of oppressed Africans and provides critical insights into the use of religion and language to successfully enslave blacks He also shows the process by which Arab masters produce docile slaves The narratives he recorded from those who escaped reveal the horrible truth of slave life, the despair and humiliation, and the slaves capacity for hope and courage Interviews with former slaves who have become abolitionist leaders show the path from bondage to freedom and offer the hope that this grim practice will one day be a relic of the past Silent Terror examines why African nations have been silent on this subject and the role that neocolonialism plays in continuing an unspeakable practice.This book is also a personal narrative The author shares the impact of coming to grips with his African past and identity and his internal and external struggles to bring the issue of slavery to the American public He sheds light on the growth of a modern day abolitionist movement aimed at destroying the remaining strongholds of slavery and details the difficulty of getting the Black Muslim community to confront the idea of slavery in the Islamic world and to get black people in general to deal with this painful reality. Free Read [ Silent Terror: A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery ] By [ Samuel Cotton ] – kino-fada.fr A heart sickening account of the widespread slavery in Mauritania and surrounding nations Slaves make up a significant percentage of the Mauritanian population and have spilled into Senegal, Libya etc as well I had been aware before that slavery existed in Mauritania and Sudan, but I have never read a detailed journalistic description of it before I was absolutely horrified by the stories and accompanying photographs The Mauritanian slaves are treated every bit as badly as black slaves in A heart sickening account of the widespread slavery in Mauritania and surr...I recommend finding and reading this Cotton was a young journalist when he was assigned to follow a lead about the existence of enslavement in contemporary Africa This book is the result of that research, which began with compiling reports from human rights organizations, and eventually drew him to Senegal and, in secret, to visit Mauritania where he interviewed escaped formerly enslaved people and activists who had been tortured for their work His reporting uncovers a race based hierarchy I recommend finding and reading this Cotton was a young journalist when he was assigned to follow a lead about the existence of enslavement in contemporary Africa This book is the result of that research, which began with compiling reports from human rights organizations, and eventually drew him to Senegal and, in secret, to visit Mauritania where he interviewed escaped formerly enslaved people and activists who had been tortured for their work His reporting uncovers a race based hierarchy with a minority of lighter skinned Saharan peoples I don t have the book handy to find the accurate ethnic identification Peoples related to Berbers and Arabs controlling entire populations of darker skinned Black Africans.The book is phenomena...Slavery right now today not just the sexual kind either in 2014 unbelievable shocking and sickening.Now Icompletely understand parts of A Bend in the River by V.S Naipaul There has always been slavery on the coast of Africa it see...Mr Cotton is deceased now, I found that out on the Internet It s sad really, because I felt like I got to know him when I read his book Silent Terror in 2013, fifteen years after it was published I learned as much about the storyteller as I learned about modern slavery in Mauritania It s not like he just wrote up a report about slavery and set it on the table He told the story through his eyes shared his beliefs, first impressions, his views, his emotions, and the people he met during hi...A singular account of a disturbing reality, both commendable for its intentions and mortifying for its implications A Modern Max Havelaar A book that fails to shock, disturb, and move to great emotion only the most heartless and jaded readers Silent Terror A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery is at once a treatise, a memoir, and a lament, remarking on the cruelties committed on Africans, the dissolution of African culture, the world wide political suppression which keeps Africa in its A singular account of a disturbing reality, both commendable for its intentions and mortifying for its implications A Modern Max Havelaar A book that fails to shock, disturb, and move to great emotion only the most heartless and jaded readers Silent Terror A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery is at once a treatise, a memoir, and a lament, remarking on the cruelties committed on Africans, the dissolution of African culture, the world wide political suppression which keeps Africa in its crippled s...Samuel Cotton reveals the atrocity of the trading of black slaves occurring in North Africa countries of Mauritania and Sudan in Silent Terror Silent Terror is not for the faint of heart Cotton is detailed in the plight of slaves and the barbaric and cruel treatment many experience from their owners Silent Terror is also part memoir of Cotton s personnel connection felt thru his travels in Africa connecting with his roots Deeply moved by witnessing the inhumanities of slavery Cotton became Samuel Cotton reveals the atrocity of the trading of black slaves occurring in North Africa countries of Mauritania and Sudan in Silent Terror Silent Terror is not for the faint of heart Cotton is detailed in the plight of s...I knew Mr Cotton and worked on the design of this book He was an extremely courageous man who took a strong stand about the slavery he learned about, then observed, in Mauritania Muslims here did not want to believe that this could happen in the Muslim community any where in the world His life was threatened at times.He never stopped fighting for justice As others observed, the U.S didn t have a large financial stake in Mauritania The heartbreaking stories and brav...

• English
• 06 November 2019
Samuel Cotton
• Paperback
• 170 pages
• 0863162592
• Samuel Cotton
• Silent Terror: A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery