The term '' African Holocaust '' is preferred by some academics , such as Maulana Karenga , because it implies intention . One problem noted by Karenga is that the word '' Maafa '' can also translate to " accident " and in the view of some scholars the holocaust of enslavement was not accidental . Ali Mazrui notes that the word " holocaust " is a " dual plagiarism " since the term is derived from Ancient Greek and thus despite being associated with the genocide of the Jews , no one can have a monopoly over the term . Mazrui states : " This borrowing from borrowers without attribution is what I call ' the dual plagiarism . ' But this plagiarism is defensible because the vocabulary of horrors like genocide and enslavement should not be subject to copyright-restrictions "
genocide of the Jews
The Holocaust
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