Movie based on Emilio Salgari’s book “The Pirates of Malaysia”
Movie based on Emilio Salgari’s book “The Pirates of Malaysia”
The film draws a parallel – between similarities and differences – between the two eras, asking the following questions: why, after all, has nothing changed? Today, migrants ignore the dangers of travel, the warning of those who have already attempted the crossing, the political and administrative reality in the country of arrival. By continuing to spend a fortune to risk your life in the waters of the Atlantic or the Mediterranean.
Enslaved Icelander describes Horror of Ottoman Slave Market (1627) // Diary of Ólafur Egilsson
Mesure to stop slavery and the slave trade
The history of Omar Ibn Said, from West Africa to America (Charleston)
We are all citizens of the world
The Atlantic slave trade
The collections have been developed by the Institute of Neohellenic Research, the Institute of Byzantine Research and the Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity.
In the 16th century, the slave trade decimated the African population, causing devastation and hardship, the signs of which still remain today. In the 21st, migrations from the Global South are a “voluntary” phenomenon-though a forced choice, for so many-but they bring to mind this sad and dark past. In both cases, there are people who profit from the exodus of these human beings.
Convention on Slavery (1926)
Entered into force on March 9, 1927 in accordance with article 12.