https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Tue, 02 Jun 2015 23:05:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/finding-a-slave-ship-uncovering-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-a-slave-ship-uncovering-history https://www.chidoonumah.com/finding-a-slave-ship-uncovering-history/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:55:40 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=5559 The trans-Atlantic slave trade that sent 12.5 million human beings in chains from Africa to the Americas — killing about two million along the way — has been described by the historian David Brion Davis as “one of history’s greatest crimes against humanity.” It was driven not by hatred, but by greed. The colonizers — […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/finding-a-slave-ship-uncovering-history/feed/ 0