USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of Africa in ancient times, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prevalence within Africa The region has the highest rate of prevalence, with 7.6 people living in modern slavery for every 1, 000 people in the region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Evidence of slavery predates written records; the practice has existed in many cultures. and can be traced back 11, 000 years ago due to the conditions created by the invention of agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution. Economic surpluses and high population densities were conditions that made mass slavery viable.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest known slave society was the Mesopotamian and Sumerian civilisations located in the Iran/Iraq region between 6000-2000BCE.

Detailed explanation-5: -The risk of modern slavery is exceptionally high in Africa. Over 80% of sub-Saharan African countries feature in the two highest-risk categories, including Kenya and Nigeria, two of the region’s three largest economies.