| Description | Tracks 1-12: Charles Parker talks with Stella Basey, Kojo Ayansu, and Edward Ofari-Debram. They talk about African people becoming Europeanised and not knowing about local customs such as 'outdooring' a baby. They talk about false arguments justifying the slave trade and the connection between slavery and class in society. They say that they were taught in school that Africans were to blame for the slave trade because chiefs sold people for drink or guns. Stella Basey says that she thinks slavery was a 'two-way traffic' and that Africans should also bear some responsibility and she hates people laying the blame at other people's doors, she talks about her roots, English people not understanding African tribal identity and marriages between people of different tribes. Charles Parker asks whether she thinks that all Africans should take the blame and suggests that African feudal systems should be blamed. They discuss who they think should be blamed for the slave trade and suggest that African traditional law is very similar to Roman law and the differences between the European slave trade and the slave trade indigenous to Africa. Stella Basey talks about English people's reactions to people who came to England from the colonies and talks about English people's unwillingness to see what was good in other cultures. They talk about African people's relationship with European culture and say that many Africans they know are are turning back to African culture.
Track 13: Silence, 8.32 mins
Total: 34.59 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0486880 |