Ghanaian-American actor and Martialist Michael Jai White has reacted to the malicious statements expressed by a cross section of the black community flooding his social media handles after his visit to Ghana.
This come at back after the Ghanaian-American actor and Martialist took to his social media to celebrate his new achievement, as he was recently enstooled as chief in Akwamu amidst his visit to Ghana, with the stool title, Nana Akoto III Odopon
The US actor along with Boris Kodjoe and other top Black Hollywood celebrities came to Ghana recently for the Full Circle Festival which was chaired by The Office of His Excellency President Akufo-Addo and presented by the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Business Development and the Office of Diaspora Affairs.
Michael Jai White’s status update on social media sparked the black community who made some unfavorable utterances indicating the actor was celebrating slavery, which the Ghanaian based American actor backlashed in his recent status update.
Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa, and still continues today in some countries.
Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of Africa, as they were in much of the ancient world. In many African societies where slavery was prevalent, the enslaved people were not treated as chattel slaves and were given certain rights in a system similar to indentured servitude elsewhere in the world.
Slavery in historical Africa was practiced in many different forms: Debt slavery, enslavement of war captives, military slavery, and criminal slavery were all practiced in various parts of Africa.
Slavery for domestic and court purposes was widespread throughout Africa. Plantation slavery also occurred primarily on the eastern coast of Africa and in parts of West Africa.
The importance of domestic plantation slavery increased during the 19th century due to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Many African states dependent on the international slave trade reoriented their economies towards legitimate commerce worked by slave labor.
The Ghanaian-American actor’s tour to Ghana was to have in-depth knowledge about his origin and also encourage his colleague Africa-Americans to embrace their rich culture and ancestry. He also debunk any comment that has been associated to slavery.
Below is the excerpt of his post;
By: Gerrard-Israel
