"We follow the journey of this remarkable human being from Slavery to freedom to wealth and fame."
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 ? 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. His autobiography depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
Despite his enslavement as a young man, he purchased his freedom and worked as a seaman, merchant, and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the Arctic, the American colonies, and the United Kingdom. We want to make an animated version of this story a story that meets Europe Africa and America at a crossroads in World history.
Olaudah was from what was then known as the Bight of Benin an Igbo man from modern day Nigeria.