BOOK REVIEW ‘NOT MY BROTHERS KEEPER’Title: Author: Chishimba M. LumbweBy EXPENDITO CHIPASHA CHIPALOTHE cruelty and shame of the slave trade has always made it difficult for those responsible to come to terms and acknowledge their guilt.Many books have been written about slavery by western writers either asfiction or as factual accounts of what transpired in the Trans-AtlanticTriangular Slave Trade. But finally, there is a book written from theAfrican perspective by an African Author – Not My Brotherís Keeperanswers many questions that come up as accusations or defences against slave traders.For example, what role did the African chiefs play in the Slave Trade? Did they co-operate with the slave traders, was slavery an African tradition which was expanded by the commercialism imposed by western countries? How was it so easy to trade in human beings with feelings and souls as a commodity?Who was the first to trade in slaves, was it the Arabs, was it the Portuguese or the Britons or the French and which ere the slave holding states in the United States of America and what impact does the slave trade have on the functioning of American democracy today?If you are in search of answers to all these questions, […]
BOOK REVIEW ‘NOT MY BROTHERS KEEPER’
