Did black people sell their own into slavery if you say that you're falling for a colonialist lie here's why the idea that all africans were one people is a european concept not historical reality africa is massive home to thousands of cultures languages and ethnic groups a kingdom and west africa didn't see itself as the same as another kingdom hundreds of miles away they weren't selling their own people they were selling outsiders prisoners of war and rivals let's flip the script if ireland went to war with poland would you say they were fighting their own people just because both nations are white no then why does this logic get applied to africa because white supremacy has flattened all african cultures into a single label black erasing the diversity and complexity of the continent the transatlantic slave trade wasn't some internal betrayal it was a deliberate a system designed by european powers who armed and manipulated african rulers while reaping all the profits who really built the system who really benefited it wasn't africa it's time to challenge the colonial narrative share believe inspire blacks be