A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS

The besieged Gaza Strip has been transformed over several years into what many say is a concentration camp. Since the 7 October escalation of the 75-year conflict between Israel and Palestine, about one million Palestinians have been subjected to genocide after being forced to flee Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion. Another one million people remain trapped inside the enclave, with no or limited access to electricity, water, food, fuel and medicine. Due to our colonial past, Africans know too well about colonial oppression and concentration camps that had claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, from Kenya to South Africa. Here's a brief look into the history of concentration camps to remind you of what history has not forgotten.

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