Kidnapped, trafficked, liberated, died in a quarantine camp, and no rest after death: that is the story of 325 Afrikan men, women, and children who were ceremonially reburied on St. Helena over the weekend of 20/21 August. They are part of the forgotten history of the "liberated" Afrikans of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Namibian environmental and cultural heritage consultant Annina van Neel has been concerned for years with the fate of the 325 men, women, and children. She has fought for respectful treatment and for the reburial of their exhumed remains. Archaeological excavations during the construction of St Helena's airport ...
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