AFRISIDIUM (N.)
FROM ‘AFRI’ TO CENTER AFRICA, AND ‘SIDIUM’ FROM the LATIN Obsidio, MEANING ‘SIEGE’ OR PROLONGED ASSAULT
DEFINITION:
THE COORDINATED CAPTURE, COMMODIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND LONG-TERM POLITICAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION INFLICTED UPON AFRICAN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE SYSTEM AND ITS COLONIAL AFTERMATH
(15TH-19TH CENTURIES, WITH LEGACIES TO THE PRESENT)
PURPOSE:
THE TERM REFRAMES TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE TO CENTRE THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE AND RECOGNISE IT AS A