ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the notion that women trafficking is a mutation of slavery. It argues that the trafficking of women as sex objects involves forceful transportation to other countries and that this is modern slavery. The chapter explores this issue in two contemporary Nigerian novels, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's Trafficked and Chris Abani's Becoming Abigail, and looks at how trafficking in women is portrayed in the novels. It examines the complexities involved in the trade by exploring the characters in the "slave-transaction". The chapter shows how in many ways the experiences of these girls in international prostitution can be likened to slavery. It also examines the phenomenon of women trafficking as modern day slavery – a mutation of the age-long slavery, which involves coercion, inhuman treatment, oppression and subjugation. The chapter discusses the novels that treat prostitution and their portrayal of the prostitute.
