Haratin: Social Exclusion and Poverty Facing Those Who Escape Life of Slavery in Mauritania
Photo Courtesy of Luca Catalano Gonzaga Despite claims by the Mauritanian state government that this practice no longer exists, 1 percent of the country’s total population remain in slavery. The majority of those enslaved belong to the Haratin community. Freedom from this enslavement however, does not yet mean access to ‘freedom’. Many emancipated Haratin face a life of poverty and...