Excerpts from a 1998 interview filmed for the series "Africans in America" featuring professor Catherine Acholonu, who talks about the life and legacy of Olaudah Equiano, who was sold into slavery as a child but who later bought his freedom, becoming known as a writer and abolitionist. She also talks about the impact of the slave trade on Africa, as well as the differences between African and American slavery.
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