A black baby was born on a boat on the Mediterranean Sea in late June. Upon disembarkation, survivors spoke of six people who lost their lives during the odyssey. When black lives don’t matter at seaDuring a period when Black Lives Matter protests are reverberating around the world following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the silence around black lives lost at sea is astounding. It’s estimated that more than 19,000 lives have been lost in the Mediterranean since 2014. In order to do so, however, we would first have to acknowledge that black and brown lives also matter at sea.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 08, 2020 11:58 UTC