The GrassRoute
In the wake of the CNN film recording slave auctions in Libya, there has been a rightful surge in alarm of the thousands of Africans suffering in dehumanising detention centres. After years of failed diplomacy and solitary support, it looks like the world is ready to talk about the humanitarian crisis in Libya.
Though many of us can easily recall names of famous sovereigns, their policies, their wives even, a new order is bubbling. We’ve seen the way empires have risen, fallen, how religion has been twisted and moulded to fit ideals. Should the continued existence of such an archaic institution really be the representative of our so called democracy?