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這篇條目是敘述歷史，發現和非洲This article discusses systems, history, and effects of slavery within Africa. See Arab slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Maafa, and Slavery in contemporary Africa for other discussions.

The main slave routes in medieval Africa.

A Zanj slave gang in Zanzibar (1889).

Slavery in Africa has existed throughout the continent for many centuries, and still continues in the current day in some countries. 「非洲的奴隸貿易」曾經出現在很多國家，一些國家至今仍然在進行（英文）

Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of the continent, as they were in much of the ancient world. In most African societies where slavery was prevalent, the enslaved people were not treated as chattel slaves and were given certain rights in a system similar to indentured servitude elsewhere in the world. When the Arab slave trade and Atlantic slave trade began, many of the local slave systems changed and began supplying captives for slave markets outside of Africa.

奴隸制度和奴隸身份在非洲大陸上共存，他也在世界古代史上占據重要地位。在大多數的非洲社會，奴隸是普遍存在的，成為奴隸的人不會被當成或資產。在大部分非洲社會 Slavery in historical Africa was practiced in many different forms: Debt slavery, enslavement of war captives, military slavery, and criminal slavery were all practiced in various parts of Africa.