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Soly Cissé's work in recent years has focused upon the central role of slavery in the global economy, denouncing the migration of workers to cotton fields. Cotton has been the most lucrative commodity on the planet since the 16th century and remains to this day big business. After the abolition of slavery in 1848, the new workforce “hired” in the French colonies, at the time, came mainly from the island of Gorée (Senegal) as well as India, China and sub-Saharan Africa. This form of disguised slavery can still be found in certain parts of the world. *Cotton, which has revived and …