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08/28/2005: Some "Traditions" are as old as...
(Oh...you fill in the blank)...
But read this article (pdf. file) from the Smithsonian Magazine about the Nigerian Slave "caste" of people, called "the Bellah," who live as unpaid chattel in Niger:
Born into Bondage.
"Despite denials by government officials, slavery reamins a way of life in the African nation of Niger."
Karen on 08.28.05 @ 06:41 AM CST