BOOK REVIEW: THE WRETCHED AFRICANS BY JOE KHAMISI
Title: The Wretched Africans (A study of rabai and Freretown Slave Settlements) Author: Joe Khamisi Publisher: Jodey Book Publishers Price: Kshs 1800 $20 Reviewed by: Okach Musungu We are familiar with the Trans-Atlantic trade (Triangular Trade) that saw about 17 Million Africans transported to the Americas as slaves. Millions of course perished in the deplorable boats across the vast Atlantic Ocean. However, little is known about the Indian Ocean Trade on the eastern front of Africa. Do not get me wrong, but, people rarely talk about the slavery in East Africa that saw the establishment and thriving of Rabai and Freretown among other slave settlements at the East African coast. Ghana, recently apologized to descendants of the slaves the country could have sold to the America. Ghana was the first country to obtain independence from Britain. She is celebrating her 50 th birthday next year and so, to begin the next half a century, she has resolved to throw her pride...