Lady Sara Forbes Bonetta (1843-1880) was a Yoruba Egbado Omoba who was orphaned in
intertribal warfare, sold into slavery, and in a
remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement, and became a goddaughter to
Queen of England, Queen Victoria.


http://www.praizeblog.com/2016/01/meet-yoruba-slave-who-became.html?m=0#more



cc lalasticlala. ishilove

No pain no gain
Dats just it
Ftc baba God noni

Representing Nigerian women. Thumbs up.

Interesting

She resembles Aminata in the Book of Negroes.

Another grass to grace story. She's still irrelevant in the grand scheme of things tho.

we have always being doing the assist in history never to score the goal

Awww I hav a feeling she's my great great grand grand grand ma

from grass to grace .

Lemme read first

His mother

obiorathesubtle:
why does she look like segun arinze?

Good story to hear in a new year.

How God can move one from Grass to Grace.

She's kinda beautiful, the raw African type that we kind of overlook today. As opposed to the plasticky synthetic barbies that we're exposed to today.

Hmmmm

naughtynaughty:
Awww I hav a feeling she's my great great grand grand grand ma

.


Ehen,Continue Feeling.

wow dat nice we naija get mouth

Awww.. Now this is what I call . Unmerited Favour

We got rich history as Nigerians.

Nigerian first before being a member of any tribe.

How can a slave and master worship the same god?

Hmmm...yoruba. And slavery !!

hhhd

Ok na...

We kukuma don't know the in depth story

Funny though

Wow!!, actually she looks Yorubiish. @op, How authentic is ur claim?

[size=15pt]Check my signature o jere.[/size]

Phrankin:
Y

That awkward moment when after rushing to book space, it immediately dawns on you that you don't have any thing reasonable to say

Back to back... From slave to goddaughter!

safzor:
Hmmm...yoruba. And slavery !!

Una Don start be that. Gerarahere mehn.

seen