The work of Olaudah Equiano is discussed in this article. The authors refute questions concerning the legitimacy and accuracy of Equiano's self-portrayal, offering insights as to the influence of his Igbo heritage and his preslavery experience in the style, phraseology and content of his writings.
No matter how many divinities sit together to plot a man's ruin, it will come to nothing unless his chi is there among them.
--Igbo Proverb.
Autobiography does not separate rhetorical ...
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