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Ayuba Suleiman: on His Way to Sell His Slaves, This African Royal Was Abducted and Sold Into Slavery in 1730

Mr Madu -
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent Fulani Muslim prince from West Africa who was kidnapped by the Mandinkas and shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade.
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Charles Sumner, the US Senator Who Was Almost Killed for Speaking Against Slavery

Mr Madu -
The Beating of Charles Sumner, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Preston Brooks, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner.
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Lost 4,500-year-old Temple Unearthed in Egypt

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Archaeologists have found one of the four lost sun temples built by the pharaohs while they were still alive in an attempt to turn themselves into living gods.
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Giuseppe Ferlini, the Treasure Hunter Who Demolished and Robbed the Pyramids of Meroë

Uzonna Anele -
Giuseppe Ferlini was an Italian combat medic turned explorer and treasure hunter, well known for having raided and desecrated several pyramids of Meroë.
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Oba Ovonramwen: How Britain Deposed and Exiled the Last Independent King of Benin Kingdom

Uzonna Anele -
Ovonramwen was a West African ruler who was the last independent king of the kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria.
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Phillis Wheatley: the First Black Woman to Publish a Book

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After being snatched from her parents home in West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American to publish a book of poetry in 1773.
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Tippu Tip: East Africa’s Most Powerful and Richest Slave Trader in the 18th Century

Talk Africana -
Tippu Tip was an Arab–Zanzibari slave trader who sold tens of thousands of people into bondage in the Arabian peninsula and beyond.
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James Derham, the first African American to Practice Medicine in the United States

Mr Madu -
Dr. James Durham has been widely acknowledged as the first recognized African American to practice medicine in the United States.
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Ota Benga: the Sad Tale of the Man Who Was Kept in a New York Zoo

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Ota Benga's family was killed, he was taken as a slave, and he lived in the Bronx Zoo's monkey house as a human exhibit.
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The First Military Coup in Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

Uzonna Anele -
The first ever military coup in Africa occurred in Egypt on 23 July 1952 with the toppling of King Farouk in a coup d'etat by the Free officers Movement.
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