Part Seven - A ‘school’ for the slave children

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Seychelles and the Legacy of Slavery

Hajira Amla

8 episodes

3 days ago

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.

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Part Seven - A ‘school’ for the slave children

Seychelles and the Legacy of Slavery

19 minutes 44 seconds

1 year ago

Part Seven - A ‘school’ for the slave children

In this episode, we look at what happened to the African slave children who were “liberated” by the Royal Navy and unceremoniously dumped on the shores of Seychelles, thousands of miles from their homes and families. This led to the eventual establishment of what would become known as “Venn’s Town” - a missionary school for the liberated slave children, far away and out of trouble on the highest mountain. The ruins of Venn’s Town, for many years neglected, overgrown and unsignposted, were largely ignored as tourists trampled past them in search of the picture-perfect views, but in recent years the site has been renovated and turned into a historical tourist attraction - but has it been done properly, and for the right reasons?

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Backing music:

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Musiques Oubliées des Iles

Tonpa / Boboï – Mémoire Musicale Des Îles Seychelles