Captured far from the African coast when he was a boy of 11, Olaudah Equiano was sold into slavery, later acquired his freedom, and, in 1789, wrote his widely-read autobiography, The Interesting ...

Equiano was born in Essaka, a small village in Benin, in 1745. His father was an Embrenche, an elder or chief, and oversaw disputes and punishments. He had five brothers and one sister, and was ...

F. N., Okechukwu and A. O., Ugochukwu 2024. Man as Nature’s Prodigal: A Study of Environmental Degradation in South East Nigeria, 1990-2022. Journal of Advanced ...

Olaudah Equiano: I was enslaved for many years in the West Indies and America. I bought my freedom in 1766 and settled in Britain. I became friends with many of the British abolitionists such as ...

Olaudah Equiano earned enough to buy his way out of slavery and became a leading abolitionist A river bridge in Cambridge has been renamed after an African anti-slavery activist Olaudah Equiano in ...

“These are the people at risk of being forgotten.” A 1793 version of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is part of Duke University Libraries collection. Photo by Stephen Schramm.

Narratives by formerly enslaved writers like Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Solomon Northup were critical to ...

Nigel Clarke celebrates the life and work of the eighteenth century anti-slavery campaigner Olaudah Equiano, once an enslaved person himself. Hi, I'm Nigel, and I'm a TV presenter. I was born and ...

Olaudah Equiano was one of them. Born in Africa, Equiano was kidnapped when he was about 10 years old. But he later purchased ...

These are dark, contested histories, and yet they need to be told in multiple ways, on multiple levels,” said Charles ...

This sprawlingly ambitious dance show certainly delivers atmosphere. Forty years ago, the Chatham dockyard shut up shop, ...

Equiano Rum’s production process is notable for using no spices or additives, staying true to traditional rum-making methods. The brand takes its name and inspiration from Olaudah Equiano, an ...