Biram Dah Abeid – The 100 Most Influential People – (Time magazine)
Photograph by Seyllou—AFP/Getty Images Biram Dah Abeid By Aidan McQuade Biram Dah Abeid was just 8 when he became aware of slavery in his home country of Mauritania. He saw a defenseless youth being beaten by a man—a common experience, his parents explained, for the thousands of Mauritanians still treated …