BNL’s Repeat Showing Of Prince Among Slaves

March 8, 2015

The Bermuda National Library and the U.S. Consulate will host a repeat showing of Prince Among Slaves at the Adult Library on Queen Street on Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m.

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Prince Among Slaves is a historical documentary directed, written and produced by Andrea Kalin and narrated by Mos Def made for PBS by Unity Productions Foundation.

The film, made in association with Spark Media and Duke Media, retells the story of Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori, a prince from West Africa who was made a slave in the United States and freed 40 years later.

Trailer for Prince Among Slaves

The screening begins at 6 p.m. and admission is free. Space is very limited; guest will be accommodated on a first-serve basis. Consul General staff will be available for discussion at the conclusion of the video.

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  1. Jr Smith says:

    We would like to see something before slavery, something about the Olmecs, Moors. One would think our history only started when slavery did….

  2. mj says:

    Actually we are not considered “Africans” and really we were not princes.. all melinated people are not from the same tribe or nationality, there are people described as dark but not “black ‘ or “negroe”. We who are melinated here in the west( America, north(indians) and South america and islands also Haiti and dominican as well as cuba and puerto rico , chile, et al are all from the same nationality and although we were sold into slavery by ships to our enemies and our names were changed, we were divided , stripped of our language and our records have yet to be revealed, we do have a rich history of being the actual servants who built a number of pyramids under the rule of Rameses before we escaped from Egypt and were later called Moors, ruling within that period of time from 711 to 1492 when we fell again due to our disobedience to The Most High.. We were ruling Europe for seven hundred years!Unfortunately our history has been that of mostly servitude, although we did rule for a time in Egypt until it was noticed that our population was growing more than the Egyptians and they turned on us hence we fled out of there!