Madina Thiam, Assistant Professor of History, NYU “Absolutely and Utterly Free: An Atlantic-Saharan Journey through Slavery and Race-Making, 1834-1836”
Bunche 6275 & ZoomThis talk follows Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Watara, a Timbuktu-born teenager who was enslaved in Jamaica from 1805 to 1834. Upon securing his manumission, Watara undertook a trans-Atlantic and trans-Saharan journey, […]
