Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Apparently slavery is still extant in Africa, Nigeria for example, despite having been illegal for a long time. On 17 Jun 2008, at 15:47, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > The image from Kuwait, #4, is utterly disturbing. The two figures in > the background look to be servants. I'll gladly stand corrected if > it is otherwise. I just couldn't get the horrible reputation the > area has in how it treats "guest workers" out of my mind when I saw > the image. Given that the Arabian peninsula was the last to sign the > anti-slavery convention in the 1960's, and kicking and screaming all > the way to the table no less, it paints a grim picture. >> s.d. > > >> >>> PESO: >>> >>> This is very interesting: >>> >>> http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/ >>> 0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> Tina Manley >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information