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Prince Among Slaves is a 2007 historical drama directed, written and produced by Andrea Kalin and narrated by Mos Def made for PBS by Unity Productions Foundation. [1] The film, made in association with Spark Media and Duke Media, is based on the story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, a prince from Guinea who was made a slave in the United States and freed 40 years later.
Abdul Rahman Ibrahima was a Torodbe Fulani Muslim prince born in 1762, [3] in Timbuktu, [4] the son of Ibrahima Sori and a Moorish wife. [5] When he was aged five, his father removed the family from Timbuktu to Timbo, [4] now located in Guinea, and there in 1776 Ibrahima consolidated the Islamic confederation of Fouta Djallon, with Timbo as its capital, eventually succeeding as its Almami.
Africa was a slave ship that held Olaudah Equiano [6] in 1756. Abdul al-Rahman Ibrahima aka Abduhl Rahhahman aka Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori (1762-1829) was a Fulani prince who was captured and shipped on the Africa [7] to America where he was sold into slavery to Thomas Foster. [7]
In 2007, Kalin produced, co-directed and co-wrote Prince Among Slaves, [52] with Unity Productions Foundation. Prince is a feature-length documentary based on the biography of the same name about African Muslim-prince-turned-American-slave Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori written by Northern Virginia Community College history professor Terry Alford. [53]
Prince Among Slaves: 2006: A PBS historical documentary about the life of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, a prince from West Africa who was made a slave in the United States and freed 40 years later on orders of the American president, John Quincy Adams. The Prince of Egypt: 1998: Former Prince Moses frees the Hebrew slaves from the Pharaoh of Egypt.
The story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, a Muslim prince from West Africa who spent 40 years enslaved in the United States from 1788 onwards before being freed, demonstrates the survival of Muslim belief and practice among enslaved Africans in America.
Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762–1829), a prince from West Africa and enslaved in the United States for 40 years until President John Quincy Adams freed him. Abraham, an enslaved black man who carried messages between the frontier and Charles Town during wars with the Cherokee, for which he was freed. [1]
Prince Among Slaves (PBS, 2006) on the life of African Muslim enslaved in Mississippi, Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori. A Road to Mecca - The Journey of Muhammad Asad (2008) on the life and conversion of Muhammad Asad. Journey to Mecca (National Geographic, 2009) on the travels of Ibn Battuta. The Man Who Walked Across the World (BBC Four).