To all those obsessing over white racism mania

Here's something shocking you ought to know

In the African country they call Mauretania

Slavery was legal just six years ago.

 

In August it was when they decided to act

To criminalise the enslavement of black folk by black 

A presidential decree made their government enact

The overdue law that gave some freedom back.

 

But even now it's reported old habits die hard

And although the penalty is ten years inside,

The centuries of bondage still leave many scarred

No means to break free - and nowhere to hide.

 

Think of it - slaves kept till six years ago

Allowed as a custom in far Mauretania;

Far too from the minds of those who should know

There's more to concern us than white racism mania.

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A law to punish widespread slavery