While the uproar continues over Libya’s slave auctions of Africans, Nigerian celebrities Eldee and Kemi Adetiba have used the opportunity to draw parallels between the Libya situation and our version of slavery here, using children as househelps.

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..While we’re on the topic of slavery in Libya, I hope we also find time to reflect on the slavery & human trafficking in many of our African homes as well. Those”house-helps” from Benin/Togo whose masters get paid 10k every month to do chores from dusk till dawn. #Slavery

— eLDee (@eLDeeTheDon) November 29, 2017

There’s little difference in the sex worker that was trafficked to Europe and your house help that was trafficked from the village. So long as the trafficker is who gets paid for their work, they’re both working towards regaining their freedom, it is #slavery.

— eLDee (@eLDeeTheDon) November 29, 2017

And please dont get all defensive, we’ve all unwittingly either practiced or tolerated it at some point. I’m not just on a self righteous rant, we must recognize it for what it is. I’m glad we’re all upset about Libya as we should be. But there’s more to be upset about. #slavery

— eLDee (@eLDeeTheDon) November 29, 2017

Slavery in workplace too #slavery
Slavery as a citizen #Slavery
Slavery in marriage #Slavery
No access to good roads #slavery
Bad health care #slavery
Lack of basic amenities #slavery.
We need to emancipate ourselves from this modern slavery that is now the norm even in nigeria

— Yetunde Fadeyi (@yetunde_fadeyi) November 29, 2017

Sigh.

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