Context: In the far north, there is a division between Berber-descendent Tuareg nomad populations and the darker-skinned Bella or Tamasheq people, due the historical spread of slavery in the region. An estimated 800,000 people in Mali are descended from slaves. Slavery in Mali has persisted for centuries. The Arabic population kept slaves well into the 20th century, until slavery was suppressed by French authorities around the mid-20th century. There still persist certain hereditary servitude relationships, and according to some estimates, even today approximately 200,000 Malians are still enslaved.

Question: Roughly how many Malians are descendants of slaves?
Answer: 800,000

Question: What is the estimate of current Mali enslavement?
Answer: 200,000

Question: What group of people were known to keep Malian salves into the 20th century?
Answer: Arabic population

Question: The darker skinned Bella people are also refereed to as what name?
Answer: Tamasheq

Question: What region of the country is historical slavery well known?
Answer: far north

Question: Who is their division between in the South?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Wiser division in southern Mali?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How many people in Mali are descended from slaveowners?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who kept slaves until the 2000's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did the Arabic authorities suppress in the twentieth century?
Answer: Unanswerable