Black joy. That is what one sees when stepping foot inside the DuSable Museum of African American History’s new “Equiano” exhibit. The exuberance of an average 11-year-old boy of Igbo ...

The engaging story of Olaudah Equiano, the Igbo slave man, who played a leading role in the abolition of slave trade after becoming free 270 years ago, dominated searches on Google this week.

To the Editor: Jennifer Howard notes Professor Vincent Carretta’s claim that “Nigerians, particularly Igbos” aren’t happy because he argues, on the basis of an odd baptismal — not birth ...

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano first appeared in London in 1789 and went through nine editions, one of them in New York, over the next six years. The stark account given ...

Olaudah Equiano, the 18th-century African abolitionist and author, gives us the earliest insider testimony of Ukwuani society.

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, ...

An image of Olaudah Equiano featured in the frontispiece of his memoir. Wikimedia Commons There is a painting in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in England that tends to make onlookers stop.

Object Details Author Bahr, Elaine S Subject Equiano, Olaudah 1745-1797 Notes Typescript (printout). Summary The contributions of Olaudah Equiano to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade are as ...

Named after Nigerian-born writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, the Equiano cable will extend from Lisbon, Portugal to Cape Town, South Africa.

Subject Equiano, Olaudah 1745- Notes AFA copy 39088019751270 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Contents Introduction -- Chapter I. Legal records -- Chapter II. Correspondence -- Chapter III. Newspapers -- ...

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 ...