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The “Equiano” exhibit at the DuSable Museum features
never seen before African artifacts from the museum’s
collection. PHOTOS BY TIA CAROL JONES

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Innovative telling of West African man’s life on exhibit at DuSable Museum

Olaudah Equiano was a young West African boy living his life when he was kidnapped and enslaved. He eventually bought his freedom and wrote a bestselling memoir, “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,” in 1789.