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Nicholas Ibekwe

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Investigative Journalist.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/04/2026
French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery
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French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery
Pierre Guillon de Prince believed to be first in France to formally apologise for ancestors’ allegiances to slavery An 86-year-old man has issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family’s role in transatlantic slavery. Pierre Guillon de Prince’s ancestors, based in Nantes, which was the country’s largest port for transatlantic slavery, were shipowners who transported about 4,500 enslaved Africans and owned plantations in the Caribbean. Continue reading...
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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White South Africans reject Trump’s resettlement plan
President Donald Trump offered refugee status and resettlement in the United States to Afrikaners
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Once people shift into the world of magical thinking, you can't reach them through rational argument.
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
In perhaps his first action about Africa since his inauguration, Trump takes sides with white landowners in South Africa. www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
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Trump cuts funding to South Africa, accuses country of 'confiscating' land
US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the count...
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Nice to hear from you @femkevanzeijl.bsky.social. Yes, there aren't much Nigerian contents here. I hope I have the time post more of those and maybe that will encourage others to join and post more engaging Nigeria contents regularly.
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football
For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
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Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
During @historians.org's annual meeting, Oxford University Press is offering a 40% discount on my book. Just use code EXAHA25 at checkout! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
From the intro of my forthcoming book (May 2025): *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*: "Maritime escape was a long, slow-moving, and unstoppable oceanic wave of resistance, bigger and more powerful than we have ever known." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Brighton holdooorrr!!!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/12/2024
Publishing 32 books over the course of his life, Jimmy Carter wasn’t just prolific. His output also showed an extraordinary range that included historical fiction, poetry and even a coffee-table book on woodworking.
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Jimmy Carter: Poet, Novelist, Memoirist, Philosopher
He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry.
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
To read the posts on a Cybertruck owners’ forum is to enter a world of pain and suffering. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels
A year after its debut, the Cybertruck has come to embody Tesla’s infamous CEO, with critics suggesting it’s as defective and unreliable as Elon Musk himself.
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Nicholas Ibekwe @nicholasibekwe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Hey, I am new here.
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