The Seychelles islands: an archipelago of 115 islands in the Western Indian Ocean, just off the East African coastline. Not everyone will have heard of the Seychelles, but those who have associate it with white sand and luxury holidays. What most people don’t know is that Seychelles has a dark history associated with slavery since the islands were first settled 250 years ago, and for the next few decades the islands would be used as a strategically important base for the storage and transportation of Africans captured on the mainland.
Latest episodes of the podcast Seychelles and the Legacy of Slavery
- Part Eight - Freedom from colonial rule
- Part Seven - A ‘school’ for the slave children
- Part Six - The false hope of liberation
- Part Five - Runaway slaves
- Part Four - Lost identities
- Part Three - Tragedies and triumphs of Seychellois slaves
- Part Two - The Seychellois Slave Traders
- Part One - The Bell and the Cannon