The Great Return: What America owes to the Africans on the Amistad!
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Welcome to the last part of the trilogy on Africans who have transformed the world with their courage. I present an extraordinary story of African captives, who by refusing slavery and submission, fought adversity, powerful states and American courts, only for one reason: to return to Africa. With this mutinous act they contributed indirectly to the birth of a major moment in the fate of America today.
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Hello friends, I am back again, finally, after more than 5 months of a forced absence. Thank you to those who have taken news! don't worry, my prolonged absence is not due to a lack of inspiration, of topics to share with you, or a breakdown of our Sankofa, it was really a much more prosaic...
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