'Africans did not sell their own people into slavery' - how much of it is true?

by soul-singing

I just read this text that says exactly what the title means. Is there anyone to confirm this or shed some light on this topic?

Here's the source: http://www.africaw.com/africans-did-not-sell-their-own-people-into-slavery

njohnston667

Thats not a very academic source. The author doesnt cite any evidence of their claims, makes some very broad claims (an example being that non-african wars always resulted in a genocide of the conquered, whereas african wars did not), and beyond that is a facebook article. Good rule of thumb is to not trust facebook, most of it has a political agenda or is someone expressing their opinion on a subject.