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Congratulations to the Cambridge African Network (CAN) and the Circle of Change on the renaming of the Riverside Bridge to the Equiano Bridge. We would like to also congratulate our member Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi social anthropologist/local historian on her involvement with this project. Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi is the Cambridge African Network Researcher, and we are[…]
Olaudah Equiano was a celebrated author and abolitionist in 18th Century England. His narrative was essential to the abolition movement as it gave a first-hand literary testimony on the capture and enslavement of Africans. The uniqueness of this scholarly account was its ability to capture the imagination of individuals from all levels of English society.[…]
