700 Years of Slave Trade Across Africa | Slavery Routes
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Centuries before the Atlantic slave trade, vast networks of human trafficking already stretched across Africa, the Sahara and the Middle East.
From Cairo to Timbuktu, this documentary traces how conquest, commerce and empire transformed millions of people into commodities — and how one of history’s longest systems of enslavement took shape.
Episode 1 of Slavery Routes covers the period from the fall of Rome in 476 to the rise of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, exploring the trans-Saharan slave trade, Arab and African empires, the Zanj Rebellion, Mansa Musa, and the emergence of racialized hereditary slavery.
At the heart of this world stood two major trading centers: Cairo, the great commercial hub between Africa and the Middle East, and Timbuktu, a strategic gateway for the trans-Saharan caravans and the empires of West Africa.
Through archives, historical analysis, and powerful storytelling, this first episode of Slavery Routes reveals how millions of sub-Saharan Africans were captured, sold, displaced, and turned into the “human raw material” of one of the longest systems of enslavement in history.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Origins of the Slave Trade
▷ 03:35 Why Africa Became a Trading Center
▷ 05:30 The Arab Empire and Nubia
▷ 12:40 The Zanj Rebellion
▷ 16:00 Cairo and the Slave Markets
▷ 23:40 Islam and the Paradox of Enslavement
▷ 25:45 Crossing the Sahara
▷ 28:10 Timbuktu and the Mali Empire
▷ 34:00 Race and the Justification of Slavery
▷ 39:00 Hereditary Slavery
▷ 43:00 Mansa Musa
▷ 50:00 The Legacy of the Trans-Saharan Trade
▷ 51:20 - Credits
#SlaveryRoutes #HistoryDocumentary #AfricanHistory #SlaveryHistory #TransSaharanSlaveTrade #MaliEmpire #Timbuktu #MansaMusa #WorldHistory #FullDocumentary #HistoryDocumentary #WocomoHISTORY
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Original title: Slavery Routes: 476–1375 — Beyond the Desert
Directed by: Daniel Cattier, Juan Gélas, Fanny Glissant
Produced by: Compagnie des Phares et Balises, ARTE France
In co-production with: Kwassa Films, RTBF Télévision Belge, Lx Filmes, RTP, INRAP
© 2018, licensed by Incognita Distribution
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700 Years of Slave Trade Across Africa | Slavery Routes
wocomoHISTORY
1,419 views
Centuries before the Atlantic slave trade, vast networks of human trafficking already stretched across Africa, the Sahara and the Middle East.
From Cairo to Timbuktu, this documentary traces how conquest, commerce and empire transformed millions of people into commodities — and how one of history’s longest systems of enslavement took shape.
Episode 1 of Slavery Routes covers the period from the fall of Rome in 476 to the rise of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, exploring the trans-Saharan slave trade, Arab and African empires, the Zanj Rebellion, Mansa Musa, and the emergence of racialized hereditary slavery.
At the heart of this world stood two major trading centers: Cairo, the great commercial hub between Africa and the Middle East, and Timbuktu, a strategic gateway for the trans-Saharan caravans and the empires of West Africa.
Through archives, historical analysis, and powerful storytelling, this first episode of Slavery Routes reveals how millions of sub-Saharan Africans were captured, sold, displaced, and turned into the “human raw material” of one of the longest systems of enslavement in history.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Origins of the Slave Trade
▷ 03:35 Why Africa Became a Trading Center
▷ 05:30 The Arab Empire and Nubia
▷ 12:40 The Zanj Rebellion
▷ 16:00 Cairo and the Slave Markets
▷ 23:40 Islam and the Paradox of Enslavement
▷ 25:45 Crossing the Sahara
▷ 28:10 Timbuktu and the Mali Empire
▷ 34:00 Race and the Justification of Slavery
▷ 39:00 Hereditary Slavery
▷ 43:00 Mansa Musa
▷ 50:00 The Legacy of the Trans-Saharan Trade
▷ 51:20 - Credits
#SlaveryRoutes #HistoryDocumentary #AfricanHistory #SlaveryHistory #TransSaharanSlaveTrade #MaliEmpire #Timbuktu #MansaMusa #WorldHistory #FullDocumentary #HistoryDocumentary #WocomoHISTORY
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Subscribe to the channel: https://goo.gl/4bVtZk
Follow us on Facebook: Facebook: wocomo
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Original title: Slavery Routes: 476–1375 — Beyond the Desert
Directed by: Daniel Cattier, Juan Gélas, Fanny Glissant
Produced by: Compagnie des Phares et Balises, ARTE France
In co-production with: Kwassa Films, RTBF Télévision Belge, Lx Filmes, RTP, INRAP
© 2018, licensed by Incognita Distribution
-------
Documentaries about politics, society and science produced by leading studios around the world. Our goal is to be a reliable source of high-quality information and investigative journalism for a better understanding of relationships, backgrounds and future developments.
Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:
▷ wocomoHUMANITY: wocomohumanity
▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: wocomowildlife
▷ wocomoHISTORY: wocomohistory
▷ wocomoTRAVEL: wocomotravel
▷ wocomoCOOK: wocomocook
Wocomo DOCS is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.