Mali

Continent: Africa
Capital: Bamako
Abolition Date:
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Currency: Franc de la Communauté financière africaine and Malian Franc

Languages Spoken: French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Population: As estimated in late 2006, is 13,518,000.
National Anthem: "Pour L'Afrique et pour toi, Mali" (For Africa and for You, Mali)

The Malian government denies that slavery exists, however, the slavery in Timbuktu is obvious. Slavery (sometimes called indentured servitude) still continues with some Tuaregs holding Bella people. Thousands of Malian children were trafficked and sold into indentured servitude on Cote d’Ivoire plantations. In September 1998, a private Abidjan daily newspaper exposed the widespread practice of importing and indenturing Malian boys for field work on Ivorian plantations under abusive conditions. Mali was not the only source of forced child labor used in the country.

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