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Mainlehwon Vonhm in a classroom in Liberia

I was still alive and I never gave up hope

23 Jul 2012

As a teenager, Mainlehwon Vonhm walked alone, barefoot and hungry out of war-torn Liberia to the safety of a refugee camp. Two decades later he flew...

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Alexander Crummell 1866

The remarkable story of Alexander Crummell

20 Oct 2011

A talk at the University of Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas this evening will focus on the extraordinary life of Alexander Crummell – the son of a...

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