In the beginning of Fattening for Gabon, I believed that Fofo Kpee was a compassionate uncle who cared for his young niece and nephew. His feelings towards them, disregarding the situation of his brother and his wife, seemed extremely genuine. It was until Kpee let greed, showiness, and selfishness get the best of him that he started to lose the love for them in a way that he could instantly let his standing slip through the palm of his hand. After treating them like family for so long, how can he betray such innocent ones and his brotherhood hor his own selfish needs?
A common mistake of people in general is that we tend to feedinto the manipulations of certain things and people, following fantasies and optimizing outcomes that we lose the reality of what is really happening around us. Kotchipka felt that some things were out of place with him and sometimes so did Yewa, but as children and being persuaded by people that you feel have unpretentious feelings for you, you tend to go with the flow.
Slave trade and human trafficking are the results of many manipulation techniques that have happened and still continue to occur among many parts of the world. Depending on the purpose like the one in the story, children are used as a major part of child labor. After further research about slave trade among children in Africa, I have discovered a site that displays images and explain the saddening impact that this doing has on society.
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