Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, president of the Republic of Sierra Leone, came to campus as part of a recent visit to New Haven.
While here, he took part in the dedication of a headstone in the Grove Street Cemetery commemorating the lives of six Africans who were taken as slaves and held captive in 1839 on the Spanish ship "La Amistad." The captives, who died before winning their freedom, are buried in the cemetery. During his time in New Haven, Kabbah met with Yale dignitaries such as historian and former Yale president Howard L. Lamar and received an honorary degree from Southern Connecticut State University for his leadership in the struggle for peace.
President Kabbah and Howard L. Lamar
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