Did you know THIS about Abdul Rahman?

• At only 26, Prince Abdul Rahman’s father gave him command of 2,000 men.
• Abdul Rahman’s father controlled a country larger than the United States at the time (1788).
• Abdul Rahman’s father’s army numbered more men than George Washington's.
• After captivity, he was forced to walk barefoot for 100 miles as his captors led his horse before him.
• He was sold to slave traders for two flasks of powder, some muskets, eight twists of tobacco and two bottles of rum.
• Abdul Rahman was sold to Thomas Foster – along with one of his soldiers – for 930 pesos

 

Did you know THIS about PRINCE AMONG SLAVES?

• PRINCE AMONG SLAVES director of reenactments, Bill Duke, is an award-winning actor and director known for his roles alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and Commando and with Anthony Hopkins in The Red Dragon. As director, his extensive television resume includes directing episodes of well-known dramas, including Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues.  For cinematic features, he has directed Sister Act II, Deep Cover and A Rage in Harlem.   Duke earned an Emmy Award with A Raisin in the Sun.
• Mos Def, famed hip-hop artist and actor, narrates PRINCE AMONG SLAVES.  Regarded as one of hip-hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def is known for his insight and passion for both his music as well as his acting.  His albums include "Universal Magnetic," “Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star,” “Black On Both Sides” and “The New Danger”.   His acting resume includes The Italian Job, Spike Lee's Bamboozled, MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera, 2002's critically acclaimed Monster's Ball, Showtime, and the 2002 romantic comedy Brown Sugar.   In addition Mos has served as the host, music supervisor and co-executive producer for the HBO series Def Poetry and served as a writer, producer and actor on the MTV sketch comedy series Lyricist Lounge.

 

Did you know THIS about the trans-Atlantic slave trade and West Africa?

• In the late 18^th century, more than three-quarters of the people on earth were in slavery or servitude of one kind or another.
• The North Atlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration in human history – draining away some 12 million people in 400 years. The myth that enslaved Africans were primitive hunter-gatherers was just that:  a myth invented to somehow justify slavery.
• Futa Jallon and the rest of West Africa had large cities; many people were educated; agriculture and industry were sufficient for the population; armies fought their wars, not with spears, but with guns and horses. 
• It could be argued that if King Sori’s (Abdul-Rahman’s father) had met George Washington’s, it would have been the Africans who emerged victorious.