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My Great-Grandfather Sold Slaves: Nwaubani Reveals Family History

Jul 19, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani has revealed that one of her ancestors sold slaves, in an article published by BBC. She also reveals that slave trading, despite the abolition in 1807 by the British, continued in Nigeria till the early 1950s. But she argues that her ancestor, her great grandfather, should not be … Read more

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