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An enslaved man, Onesimus, was very likely the person who introduced the lifesaving procedure of inoculation to the US. www.history.com/articles/sma...
How an Enslaved African Man in Boston Helped Save Generations from Smallpox | HISTORY
In the early 1700s, Onesimus shared a revolutionary way to prevent smallpox.
www.history.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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For archaeologists local to Oxford please join us this Thursday 3rd April for a one-off seminar series on Nigerian Archaeology hosted at the School of Archaeology, 1 South Parks Road.

More details here: prm.web.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
Screenshot of two speaker bios which read: Uwagbale Edward Ekpu is a researcher from Benin City, Nigeria. Uwagbale has recently been working with the archaeology team at the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) excavation projects in and around Benin City. In this short talk, Uwagbale will give us an update on the recent fieldwork. Uwagbale has also co-curated the new Benin Kingdom display on the 1st floor of the Pitt Rivers Museum galleries and is in Oxford to do more research on the Benin Kingdom objects. Dr Ferdinand Saumarez Smith is Director of Factum Foundation London. Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation was established with the aim of using Factum Arte's innovative processes and technologies for preservation, education, and the dissemination of cultural heritage. Factum has recently been working with collaborators to replicate the famous 9th century Igbo-Ukwu bronzes, first discovered in Nigeria in the 1930’s, then more extensively excavated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In this short talk and demonstration, Ferdinand will share with us the replicas of the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes and talk about the work being done to produce facsimiles of archaeological objects such as the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes when the originals are inaccessible to local communities
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Suspended in the galleries are two 8m long scrolls (Evening/Morning) created by Benin artist Isaac Erhabor Emokpae in response to the burnt carved ivory altar tusk in the Benin display. The tusk was blackened in the fire that engulfed the Oba's Palace during the British attack on Benin City in 1897.
March 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Duality is an important principle in Benin culture. Isaac Erhabor Emokpae's artwork evokes the darkness of colonial violence but also the survival of the Benin people & the hope of a brighter future. Using traditional & modern figures, he reminds us that life goes on & people survive and thrive.
April 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Tea & Talks
April 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM