Half a million African slaves are at the heart of Mauritania’s presidential election
12th July 2009
A year after she ran away from her master, Barakatu Mint Sayed prays that the election on July 18 will mark the beginning of the end of slavery in Mauritania.
Her nation is one of the last places on Earth where large numbers of humans are still kept as property.
Paging Al Sharpton…. Paging Jesse Jackson….