26/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV apologized for the Catholics participation in Slavery and Slave Trade.
Let me break it down for those of you who didn't do History in High School.
Slave trade was the act of buying Africans by the Whites to carry them overseas as laborers.
Slavery was the act of using bought Africans verseas to work as laborers for free under unfavorable conditions.
In the course of taking these Slaves to the Whiteman's land some of them couldn't make it. They died on their way for obvious reasons. The way migrants used to die through the Mexico road to enter the US is the way these Slaves were dying but their own case was worst.
They were transported overseas through the Sahara Desert and the Atlantic Ocean.
Those who succeeded to reach their destinations were given inhuman treatment as they were working as Slaves. They were working in plantations. Some were working on road construction sites and some working in homes as servants.
Those who were sold as Slaves completely forgot about their families. No hope of ever hearing the voice of any relative or seeing even a picture.
This happened for over 400 years and even when it was abolished Slaves were still smuggled.
Many factors contributed to the abolition of this malpractice but the one which is worth talking about is resistance by the Slaves especially those who were from Bamenda and Bafut in particular.
Bamenda people have been people who do not take any s**t when conditions are not favorable. By this resistance the Western Governments were afraid of the unknown. They knew the capabilities of the Bamenda people.
If they had continued with this bull s**t then by now we should have overthrown their Governments and take control over theirs territories.
The Pope should have tendered this apology in Bamenda like Isa Tchiroma.
Apology declined!