slave trade

King Gezo
King Gezo of Dahomey: West Africa’s most notorious slave-trading monarch who had an all-female army

Historians perceived him as a notorious slave-trader who terrorised several communities in Nigeria and Benin…

10 prominent Lagos families who are descendants of freed slaves

After the transatlantic slave trade was abolished in the 1800s, liberated slaves called ‘Saro’ moved…

Original names
The Original Names Of 10 Nigerian Towns Changed By Europeans

When the Europeans first came to Nigeria, communicating with the people was a major challenge.…

WATCH: How Half A Million People Were Shipped To Europe As Slaves From Badagry

The period of slave trade in Badagry is one of the darkest periods in African history, as about 500,000 men, women and children were shipped across the Atlantic as slaves.

Fani Kayode decries Buhari’s silence over Lybia’s ongoing slave trade

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode has decried President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence over the selling…

The African Slave Program and why some Nigerians hate #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira

“Nigeria should right now be desperately seeking to grow its capacity to produce what it consumes.”