Ambivalen Conquests and Equiano's Travels

Ibo-ny and Ivory: The Inharmonious British/Ibo Relations “Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of…” Ellen Goodman’s survey of tradition’s persuasiveness could not be truer of the Ibo culture and the African slave trade with regards to British influence. Clearly, the Ibo people instinctively held closely to their customs in reaction to English presence; plausibly, …

…Ibo societies, mutual goals between the natives and the British were met in both colonialism and the slave trade. However, generally unbeknownst to the Ibo people, what were originally perceived to be mutual goals and compromises became substantial British advantages in the long-term; the raison d'être was Ibo culture serving more as a catalyst for both slavery exporting and colonization than it did functioning as a deterrent, and costing many of them their freedom.