Editing Atlantic slave trade (section)

====Nigeria====

[[File:Slave Port, Badagry, Lagos.jpg|thumb|Slave Port in Badagry, Lagos State Nigeria]]

In 2009, the Civil Rights Congress of [[Nigeria]] wrote an open letter to all [[Tribal chief|African chieftains]] who participated in trade calling for an apology for their role in the Atlantic slave trade: "We cannot continue to blame the white men, as Africans, particularly the traditional rulers, are not blameless. In view of the fact that the Americans and Europe have accepted the cruelty of their roles and have forcefully apologized, it would be logical, reasonable and humbling if African traditional rulers ... [can] accept blame and formally apologize to the descendants of the victims of their collaborative and exploitative slave trade."<ref name=SmithGuardian>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=David |title=African chiefs urged to apologise for slave trade |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/18/africans-apologise-slave-trade |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329020129/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/18/africans-apologise-slave-trade |archive-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>