Isn't the Magic One's "motherland" in eastern Africa, that cesspool of the other slave trade?
Most Americans of African derivation are from western Africa, where during black tribal warfare, their ancestors were part of those of the defeated tribes, marched to the coast, and sold by black chieftains to white traders.
The Magic One's descended from blacks on the other side of the continent, who well towards the end of the 20th century, were still selling other blacks to Arabs.....for slaves.