Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
“I fear for young people because you do not know how strong is the bond of kinship. You do not know what it is to speak with one voice” This book is a classic. There are so many superlatives that…
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Empire – Niall Ferguson
The sun never sets on the British Empire.John Wilson, Christopher North” Upon landing in America, Sir Francis Wyatt said “Our first work is expulsion of the savages to gain free range of the country”. The British coexisted with the Natives…
The Apprenticeship Laws 1832
When is a slave not a slave? When they are considered an apprentice! Around the 1830s, Great Britain had finally heard the campaigners and sided with the abolitionists. The government passed the bill to abolish slavery. SUCCESS! Some Brits understood…