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Word: chiahemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were indeed genuine, which I doubted, they might have been used to bind one of my ancestors; therefore, I didn't understand why I should pay four times as much as Nigerians to get a look at them. Two naira, she snapped back. At that, my Nigerian friend John Chiahemen suggested we leave, explaining that "she must be a descendant of those coastal tribes who sold your people to the white man in the first place." All I could do was laugh and walk away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In African-American Eyes | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

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