The document is a research paper by a student on the topic of child slavery in Africa. It discusses how children are forced into slave labor, especially on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast, to meet demand for chocolate. Statistics are provided on the scale of the problem, with estimates of over 200,000 children sold into slavery in Africa and millions of children working worldwide. The causes of child slavery are explained as poverty and deception by traffickers. Children forced into slavery face dangerous and difficult work in various industries and countries across Africa. Efforts to address the issue and help end child slavery are mentioned, but questions remain about why it continues illegally in some areas.