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During the just concluded #DoorOfReturn2019, All the tourists struggled to keep back tears from rolling down freely from their eyes to their cheeks, as Mr. Anago Osho, the tour guide went immemorial to narrate the sordid experience faced by our ancestor slaves.
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One of the major slave merchants of the time, was Chief Seriki Faremi Williams Abass whose compound was first made a monument in 1940 during the colonial admin.
He was a slave in Europe before he was returned by a slave master who enlisted him as his agent.
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He was a slave in Europe before he was returned by a slave master who enlisted him as his agent.
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The compound has 40 slave cells (baracoon) with numerous slave equipment and chains where slaves were chained and tied to.
One of the slave cells was a 12 by 10ft room in size, which consistently kept 40 slaves for three months while waiting for the arrival of slave ships....
One of the slave cells was a 12 by 10ft room in size, which consistently kept 40 slaves for three months while waiting for the arrival of slave ships....
WE MUST BUILD BRIDGES ACROSS FAITH, ETHNICITIES – OSINBAJO
*VP receives US delegation from the just concluded Diaspora #DoorOfRetun
We must actively engage in building bridges across religions and ethnicities to ensure a better society and nation. - VP @ProfOsinbajo
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*VP receives US delegation from the just concluded Diaspora #DoorOfRetun
We must actively engage in building bridges across religions and ethnicities to ensure a better society and nation. - VP @ProfOsinbajo
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2. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday when he received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, a delegation from US-based Bridgeway Community Church, led by its founder and senior pastor, Dr. David Anderson; alongside a delegation from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
3. The Vice President emphasized on the need to build mutual trust and respect, stating that, “we have to find ways of actively disseminating to our people here, and in Africa in particular, the importance of building bridges across religion and ethnicities.”
