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Darkness in Light<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The story history tried to forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a rite of passage turns into catastrophe, 16-year-old Tegana Sadinka returns home to find his West African village destroyed, his parents killed and his siblings taken captive. Alone and hunted, Tegana embarks on a perilous journey across wilderness and hostile lands to find his family before they are lost forever. Meanwhile, his older brother Oginka, captured in the same raid, is forced into bondage and marched toward an uncertain fate. As their paths unfold in parallel, survival, courage and determination collide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set in 15th-century pre-colonial West Africa, Darkness in Light: The Origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade<\/em><\/strong> brings the human cost of slavery into sharp focus. Emotionally gripping and richly detailed, this historical fiction restores African voices, honors endurance and confronts the brutal beginnings of a global tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darkness in Light The Origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade The story history tried to forget. When a rite of passage turns into catastrophe, 16-year-old Tegana Sadinka returns home to find his West African village destroyed, his parents killed and his siblings taken captive. Alone and hunted, Tegana embarks on a perilous journey across wilderness … <\/p>\n

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