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4 giu 2024 · Olaudah Equiano (born c. 1745, Essaka [now in Nigeria]?—died March 31, 1797, London, England) was an abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), became the first internationally popular slave narrative.
5 giu 2024 · Who was Olaudah Equiano? Born in 1745, Olaudah Equiano was a prominent African writer and abolitionist. Captured as a child in what is now Nigeria, he endured the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Eventually, he bought his freedom and became a leading voice against slavery.
10 giu 2024 · The earliest slave narrative to receive international attention was the two-volume Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789), which traces Equiano’s career from West African boyhood, through the dreadful transatlantic Middle Passage, to eventual freedom and economic success as a ...
13 giu 2024 · Olaudah Equiano's narrative remains a crucial work for understanding the multifaceted horrors of slavery. Through his compelling and heartrending quotes, Equiano brings to light the physical brutality, psychological torment, and moral contradictions of the institution.
14 giu 2024 · This article shows that Olaudah Equiano’s struggles to escape from the condition of enslavement allowed him to attain a privileged epistemic position in relation to certain domains of knowledge. Equiano utilized this privileged epistemic vantage point to launch an internal critique of some strands of Enlightenment philosophy.
16 giu 2024 · The Oldest Lion Trainer in the World – Joe Mitchell (1850-1940) “The Soldier” – Walter Albert Moore; John Edward (‘Eddie’) Parris “Faugh A Bella”: Private William Perera, a Sri Lankan in the Royal Irish Fusiliers during the First World War; Private Valleton Redman (c1894/97 to 1916) George Reeves: An African serviceman in two ...
2 giorni fa · The CIA World Factbook puts the Igbo population of Nigeria at 15.2% of a total population of 230 million, or approximately 35 million people. Southeastern Nigeria, which is inhabited primarily by the Igbo, is the most densely populated area in Nigeria and possibly in all of Africa.
