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CONFESSION: My Nigerian Great Grandfather, NWAUBANI ERASMUS OGOGO ORIAKU Greatest Slave Trader in Bite of Niger Delta-ADAOBI Tricia Nwaubani, poet …gained power and wealth by selling African men, women and children across the Atlantic, carried slave-trading license from the Royal Niger Company in southern Nigeria *Agents of my great grand father captured Igbo slaves across the region, passed them to middlemen through the ports of Bonny/Calabar and sold them to white merchants *African local leaders hand over their daughters in marriage to him to secure his favor, had dozens of wives, a leopard was killed; six slaves were buried alive with him in death *Influence drew the attention of colonial officials who appointed him chief of Umujieze and several other towns, presided over court cases, established churches and schools *Built a guest house where he played host to British dignitaries on land where my parents home now stands *Descendants of freed slaves in southern Nigeria called ohu still facing significant stigma, Igbo culture forbids from marrying freeborn people, denies traditional leadership titles such as Eze and Ozo * Our family dissociates ourselves from our great grand father s wickedness, we are seeking the face of God for mercy, we feel our family is cursed *ADANNA OKORIE/HISTORY Correspondent, Abia State, Nigeria
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CONFESSION: My Nigerian Great Grandfather, NWAUBANI ERASMUS OGOGO ORIAKU Greatest Slave Trader in Bite of Niger Delta-ADAOBI Tricia Nwaubani, poet …gained power and wealth by selling African men, women and children across the Atlantic, carried slave-trading license from the Royal Niger Company in southern Nigeria *Agents of my great grand father captured Igbo slaves across the region, passed them to middlemen through the ports of Bonny/Calabar and sold them to white merchants *African local leaders hand over their daughters in marriage to him to secure his favor, had dozens of wives, a leopard was killed; six slaves were buried alive with him in death *Influence drew the attention of colonial officials who appointed him chief of Umujieze and several other towns, presided over court cases, established churches and schools *Built a guest house where he played host to British dignitaries on land where my parents home now stands *Descendants of freed slaves in southern Nigeria called ohu still facing significant stigma, Igbo culture forbids from marrying freeborn people, denies traditional leadership titles such as Eze and Ozo * Our family dissociates ourselves from our great grand father s wickedness, we are seeking the face of God for mercy, we feel our family is cursed *ADANNA OKORIE/HISTORY Correspondent, Abia State, Nigeria
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