Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,897 playable programmes from the BBC

Result 1 for your search filters
Filter by channel

The Documentary

Freedom From Slavery in Mauritania

Episode 1: Freedom from Slavery in Mauritania

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Slavery in Mauritania has deep roots, stretching back 800 years. In 2007 the practice was finally criminalised, but is the master/slave relationship still just as entrenched? Show more