February 23, 2022
The “Equiano” exhibit at the DuSable Museum features
never seen before African artifacts from the museum’s
collection. PHOTOS BY TIA CAROL JONES
Stories this photo appears in:
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.