The image of a woman being held and auctioned as a slave in Libya has gone viral globally. But few know the context of her ordeal. Naima Jamal is a 20-year-old Ethiopian woman from Oromia, who was abducted shortly after her arrival in Libya in May. Her captors are demanding $6,000 for her release.
Since the 2011 NATO overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has descended into a failed state, where rival factions of Western-backed warlords vie for supremacy. And what was once Africa’s most prosperous nation is now an open air slave market.
Naima’s story is a common one in Africa today, one that blends together unequal and unjust economic systems with Western imperial misadventures.
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