SLAVE TRAFFICKING IN OIL ON CANVAS 100x140
In 1965 in Italy was a scandal that did so much buzz:
Two girls were in Milan (they said) seized and brought to Liberia to meet the rich pleasures of the place.
The ship on which I was first mate made a stop at Buchanan and then to Monrovia (Liberia's two ports) to load iron ore for the Italsider Bagnoli (NA).
was on this occasion that I met in a night of Monrovia Carla Portinari one of those girls who were kidnapped.
then I did not know of the scandal (which I learned only to return in Italy) and after so many years I still remember that meeting. She was pretty, distinguished, kind with a sad look and a slight smile, required to entertain customers. In our conversation made no mention of the episode of violence, but merely for entertainment.
After many decades when the street to meet the young foreign girls close to the fires I relive my memories and reflect on the human tragedies of each.
this sadness and violence have inspired me the picture the slave trade.
Vincent
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