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Representing KMC & Chair Foreign Affairs Comtee. YALI, MWF, McCain, NDI PPSA Fellow. Exco.@OfficialUDPGmb, Dev & Policy. Businessman & Youth Opposition Leader.
Sep 14, 2020 19 tweets 3 min read
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701—1773), also known as Job ben Solomon, was a famous Muslim who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade. Born in Futa Bundu in present day senegal.

A thread Ayuba came from a prominent Fulbe family of Muslim religious leaders. His grandfather had founded the town of Futa Bundu, and he grew up with Samba Geladio Diegui the heir (kamalenku) to the Kingdom of Futa-Toro. In 1730,
Jun 14, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
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Born in 1742 to a sarahuli family that lived In Wuli, Fenda was described as a free woman of material substance and a considerable slave trader who lived in Kaur. She migrated to Georgia USA in May 1772 in search of a better life. Her father worked at a British owned factory around the coast like Wulitenda, Bansang tenda and Nianija. Where her mother worked as a maid for white traders. The numerous Mulatto women traders who operated up river must have inspired Fenda into trading.