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Gwendolyn Goguelet
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:00 -0500

Faced with deep social injustice, some hear a clarion call to action. Alioune Sidi Mzeirigue ’22G, a self-described member of the Hratine former slave community in the Sahel region of Africa, nurtures a fiery passion to fight against the trampling of human rights. A native of Mauritania, Mzeirigue is among the inheritors of descent-based discrimination stemming from a traditional caste system and intergenerational slavery, a community locked into a cycle of poor education and limited opportunities beyond farming. “To break free of the limitations embedded in their slavery heritage, the Hratine need access to education. To support them on a practical level I send money to my family and community,” Mzeirigue says. “On a political level I lobby for international recognition of their rights....