Slaves' stories
Life before captureKofifor Kofi


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Do you know my mother? She is so beautiful. She has a beautiful blue dress and a black necklace and lots of combs she lets me play with sometimes. She looks after my sister, Aba and me. I fight with my sister and uncle always blames me. Aba is his favourite.


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A wooden comb
A typical carved wooden comb. This one is from Old Calabar, Nigeria.
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