SLAVERY 2007
NEWS
THE CASE FOR ABU JAMAL
Ian MacDonald: UK lawyers argue for the retrial of an innocent man 25 years on death row
OPINION
THE COLOUR OF RACISM
Chinweizu: The long arm of white supremacy
SMALL WARS
THE MAKING OF LIBERIA …
Bram Posthumus: … and its brutal unmaking in modern times
ON SLAVERY
A SHORT NARRATIVE WITH A LONG HISTORY
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: Slavery is as old as humanity – a habit we haven’t kicked habit yet
INSTRUMENTS OF INJUSTICE
Photo gallery: Some familiar faces and some less well known in the fight for freedom
SLAVERY FOR BEGINNERS
Edward Lucie-Smith: Myths and shibboleths re-examined
SLAVERY TODAY
A ROAD TO BE TRAVELLED
Mark Sealy: 2007: celebrate abolition of the old trade and forget the rest
Martin Rowson: Stripsearch
A LONG HISTORY
Peter Moszynski: Slavery has a long history in Sudan and continues to thrive
- Adu Jel: Testimony
Deng Mathiang: Testimony
Abouk Dout Dout: Testimony
LITTLE CATS AND BIG PREDATORS
Eduardo Martino: Old habits and injustices die hard in Brazil
DON’T CALL IT SLAVERY
Barbara Arvanitidis: How do you film child slavery without exposure and exploitation?
BOUND IN DEBT
The persistence of bonded labour in South Asia
THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO
Irena Maryniak: It’s illegal and rivals the scope of the arms and drugs trade but Europe doesn’t want to know
LEGACIES
PIPE DREAM OR NECESSARY ATONEMENT
Anthony Gifford: What exactly are the legal rights and wrongs of reparations for slavery?
REX RESPONDS
Rex Nettleford: Don’t regret, do something useful
MIND FORGED MENACLES
Dreda Say Mitchell: Old attitudes continue to dog the education of Black children
TO FREE THE MIND
Rosemarie Mallet: The discrimination that haunts the British mental health service
FLASHPOINT PHILIPPINES
CULTURE, RESISTANCE, FREEDOM
Lola Young and Nina Poovaya Smith: Freedom and enslavement find their voice in art, music and literature
SONGS OF SLAVERY AND DEFIANCE
Daniel Brown: The wealth of music born of slavery gets a new showcase
SHOOTING BLACK BRITAIN
Joel Karamath: How to stay invisible without really trying
BABEL
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER
In conversation: The inheritors of slavery’s old crimes exchange views on the present