By Nwafor Sunday Ex-governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke, Tuesday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) where he declared to run for presidency coming 2019 election.
Matilda McCrear lived long enough to become a human bridge between Africa, American slavery, and the modern era. Born in West Africa around 1857, she was captured as a toddler and transported across the Atlantic aboard the Clotilda in 1860—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans illegally into the United States. Her Yoruba name was Àbáké, meaning “born to be loved by all.” The facial scars on her left cheek, preserved in photographs, marked her as Yoruba. The voyage ...