URI. Source URL Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism (PDF) Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism Ahmed The Maafa, the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, or the Black Holocaust are political neologisms which have been popularized since and used to describe the history and ongoing effects of atrocities inflicted upon African people, particularly when committed by non-Africans (