“Video showing a slave market in Africa”
What FACTLY found
The video shows the visuals of a religious ritual that usually practised by the Serer ethnoreligious community in the West African nation of Senegal. The video shared in the post was taken during the Ndut initiation rituals at Djilass village in Senegal in December 2022. The video does not depict a slave market in Africa
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 August 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CwW7673Jzov/
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