he returned to mauritania a national hero.e angry about what the u.s., one of their allies, did to slahi, but are also proud that he's come home with his dignity intact. he's been embraced by a large extended family, including some members who weren't yet born when he disappeared. he's been a new discovery. >> slahi: yeah, many, among many. >> williams: there have also been losses. it's been more than 15 years since he got in his car and headed to the police station on his way to guantanamo. slahi's mother said goodbye that night, but she wasn't there to welcome him home. she passed away in 2013. and you didn't see your mom again? >> slahi: no, i never see her again. it was the last time. it's seared in my memory, that picture frozen in time. >> williams: if you had to sum up the last 15 years of your life, what would you say? >> slahi: pain and suffering is part of growing up, and i grew up. >> williams: mohamedou slahi says the u.s. government is holding several other books he wrote while in prison: two novels, and a self-he

modern-day forms of enslavement, and yet slavery has been prohibited all over the world, including in mauritania. so, really, the way in which these people are enslaved are through these -- through debts and the criminal system. so the story i'm telling is the one that we have seen unfolding until today, and further corollary to my work is it is just not enough to prohibit enslavement in order for that happen pause what we see is people who benefit from that will -- are very resourceful and will move from one region to another, target one group to another, or resort to euphemism or some other set of circumstances, and so if there is one lesson from my book about these other slavery is that those who are bent on eliminating that need to be extremely committed and extremely dynamic in pursuing that because that's a very dynamic and power of the slavery is powerful. >> this is primarily for dr. kin dibut also i'd like to others to address it. can we have full equality without retch racing -- reparations? >> i knew it was kind of hot here and i -- you know, i think the -- i'm happy this question com