Beyond The Viral Claim: The Complex History Of Usman Dan Fodio & The Slave Trade
By ARIKEWUSOLA ABDULSAMAD TEMITOPE A Viral Historical Debate Revisited ACROSS social media, a popular claim has circulated that Sheikh Usman dan Fodio punished anyone who sold Africans to Europeans and that colonial-era history books later distorted this reality to portray British colonial authorities as the primary opponents of slavery in Nigeria. Historians say the issue is […]
