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An Event to Heal Historical Trauma; 221 Igbo Landing Commemoration

Iya Affo ·
Small swollen hungry African bellies on tv; Black men, women and children in chains; Naked flesh on the auction block; Strange low hanging fruit on southern trees. These are the images we embody as our identity. Igbo Landing tells the truth of our souls. In May 1803, a ship with kidnapped human beings from West Africa arrived in Georgia. After the human cargo was sold at $100 per head, the enslaved rose up and revolted. They seized control of the slave ship, drowned their captors and...
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