Meet Sundjata Keita The Emporer Who Abolished Slavery.
Jul 5, 2020 12:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Jul 5, 2020 12:46:41 GMT -5
So we all know about this famous empire builder of Mali,who got together with his nobles to create the Manden charter,or the Kurugan Fuga,I knew of it's lofty ideals about human rights and fair treatment, but I some how missed the part that he was an abolitionist..like wow!! in 13th century West Africa, and added to the fact that his empire was built and expanded for that cause.
So how did I got the tipoff??.. I was viewing a vid lecture on the oral history of The Mali Empire, this was at time 33:14 and was blown away by the following revelations.
The Charter had 7 main articles preceded by a preamble that read as follows: “Manden is founded on expectation and love, liberty and fraternity. This signifies that there will neither be ethnic nor racial discrimination in Manden”. In article 5 it was stated “Hunger is a bad thing, and slavery is not a good thing either; and as long as we have our bows and arrows (power) hunger will no longer kill anyone in Manden; War shall never again destroy villages in order to capture slaves to go and sell them; No one shall be beaten or put to death because he is the son of a slave.”.
Article 6 is even more equivocal. It reads: “The existence of slavery is ceases definitively today from one end of Manden to the other, and raids are banished in Manden with effect from today.” The last article (art.7 provides that) Man has a soul which makes him see three things: see what he wants to see, say what he wants to say and do what he wishes to do. If one of these is missing his soul will suffer and he will deteriorate as a human being. It concludes “Consequently as of now every one is entitled to the integrity of his own person, and each person has freedom of his own action but must respect what is forbidden and the laws of the land” .
africa.gm/africa/gambia/banjul/article/2008/6/27/soundjata-keita-founder-of-the-mali-empire-first-world-leader-to-abolish-slavery-in-the-13th-century[/quote]
So how did I got the tipoff??.. I was viewing a vid lecture on the oral history of The Mali Empire, this was at time 33:14 and was blown away by the following revelations.
The Charter had 7 main articles preceded by a preamble that read as follows: “Manden is founded on expectation and love, liberty and fraternity. This signifies that there will neither be ethnic nor racial discrimination in Manden”. In article 5 it was stated “Hunger is a bad thing, and slavery is not a good thing either; and as long as we have our bows and arrows (power) hunger will no longer kill anyone in Manden; War shall never again destroy villages in order to capture slaves to go and sell them; No one shall be beaten or put to death because he is the son of a slave.”.
Article 6 is even more equivocal. It reads: “The existence of slavery is ceases definitively today from one end of Manden to the other, and raids are banished in Manden with effect from today.” The last article (art.7 provides that) Man has a soul which makes him see three things: see what he wants to see, say what he wants to say and do what he wishes to do. If one of these is missing his soul will suffer and he will deteriorate as a human being. It concludes “Consequently as of now every one is entitled to the integrity of his own person, and each person has freedom of his own action but must respect what is forbidden and the laws of the land” .
africa.gm/africa/gambia/banjul/article/2008/6/27/soundjata-keita-founder-of-the-mali-empire-first-world-leader-to-abolish-slavery-in-the-13th-century[/quote]
