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 was sold into slavery, later acquired his freedom, and, in 1789, wrote his widely-read autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa ...

click image for close-up This portrait of Olaudah Equiano was used as the frontispiece (illustration opposite a book's title page) of his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of ...

It was the first book written in the English language by an African, and it was called The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. The stories in the book were so powerful that ...

Permit me, with the greatest deference and respect, to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative; the chief design of which is to excite in your august assemblies a sense of compassion for the ...

In his autobiography - The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African - he wrote that he was born in Eboe province, in what is now southern Nigeria.

“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.

Equiano’s 1789 “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself ...

London: Chapman and Hall. Ellis, A.B. 1970. The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Anthropological Publications. Equiano, Olaudah, 1837. The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah ...

‘The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano’ and extracts from Robert Wedderburn’s ‘The Horrors of Slavery’ can be found online.

In 1991, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote to the editors of "The Reader's Companion: A Book Lover's Guide to the Most Important Books in Every Field of Knowledge as Chosen by Experts" to ...

The introduction of a narrative essay sets the scene for the story that follows. Interesting introductions—for any kind of writing—engage and draw readers in because they want to know more. Since ...