CONTENTS

1 URSULA OWEN Editorial

NEWS AND MEDIA 6 IAN MACDONALD The case for Mumia Abu Jamal

UK lawyers argue for the retrial of an innocent man 25 years on death row

OPINION 12 CHINWEIZU The colour of racism

The long arm of white supremacy

SMALL WARS 18 BRAM POSTHUMUS The making of Liberia . . .

. . . and its brutal unmaking in modern times

ON SLAVERY 28 FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO A short narrative on a long history

Slavery is as old as humanity – and we haven’t kicked the habit yet

33 PHOTO GALLERY Instruments of Justice

Some familiar faces and some less well known in the fight for freedom

43 EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH Slavery for beginners

Myths and shibboleths re-examined

SLAVERY TODAY 49 MARK SEALY A road to be travelled

2007: celebrate abolition of the old trade and forget the rest

54 STRIPSEARCH Martin Rowson 56 PETER MOSZYNSKI A living history

Slavery has a long history in Sudan and continues to thrive

62 ADUT JEL Testimony 64 DENG MATHIANG Testimony 66 ABOUK DOUT DOUT AGING Testimony

68 EDUARDO MARTINO Little cats and big predators

Old habits and injustices die hard in Brazil

Credit: BBC

4 INDEX ON CENSORSHIP 1 2007