DIDO ELIZABETH BELLE: THE AFRICAN (BI-RACIAL) LONDONER WHO HELPED END SLAVERY IN BRITAIN

Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761–1804) was a bi-racial (an African at that time) Londoner noted by British historians for helping to end slavery in Britain. Belle grew up at Kenwood House, Hampstead, London NW3, (now an English Heritage property, 020 8348 1286). She was the great-niece of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, who as Lord Chief Justice presided over many of the historic cases that affected enslaved Africans. Dido was the illegitimate daughter...

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NANA OLOMU: THE GREAT NIGERIAN MILLIONAIRE OIL MAGNATE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, NATIONALIST AND AN ITSEKIRI CHIEF WHO WAS THE GOVERNOR OF BENIN RIVER

Nana Olomu (1852–1916) was an Itsekiri chief, Palm Oil Super Magnate, nationalist and a fighter from the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. He was the fourth Itsekiri chief to hold the position of Governor of Benin River. As a powerful nineteenth Century indigenous entrepreneur and greatest millionaire, Nana who  lived in a creek near the mouth of the Benin River and Oba Ovonramwen of Benin were the two powerful Africans that...

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