FRENCH WEST AFRICA: The Ebony Market

"Mohammed Ali Ag Attaher, a rich and powerful man, engaged me as a servant," a half-naked African told the French police in Bamako. "At the same time he hired another man and his wife and child. That was a long time ago—about 15 years. I should say. All of us made the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, and there my master sent me to work at the house of Prince Abdullah Feisal. Long months went by and one day I learned that Mohammed Ali had returned to Africa. The prince ordered me to come before him and...

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