Article 63S1X Dijmon Hounsou Kicks Off New Initiative to Help Descendants of Africa Trace Back Their Roots

Dijmon Hounsou Kicks Off New Initiative to Help Descendants of Africa Trace Back Their Roots

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Alexandra Jane
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After a visit to his home of Benin on the coast of West Africa, actor Dijmon Hounsou reflected on the part it played in the transatlantic slave trade. Twenty five years ago, Hounsou starred in Steven Spielberg box office hit, Amistad, the story of the Spanish slave ship of the same name whose captors managed to take...

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