The African American Odyssey of John Kizell with Kevin Lowther

The African American Odyssey of John Kizell
(A South Carolina Slave Returns to Fight the Slave Trade in His African Homeland)

Join host Bernice Bennett and co-host Natonne Elaine Kemp for an engaging conversation with author and historian Kevin G. Lowther about the the life of a Sierra Leonean who survived slavery in Charleston, South Carolina, and served with British forces during the American Revolution. He eventually returned to his homeland, where he campaigned among his people to end slave trading.

Lowther majored in history at Dartmouth College before joining the Peace Corps and teaching, in 1963-65, at the Sierra Leone Grammar School in Freetown. In 1971 he helped to found the non-governmental organization, Africare, and later managed its humanitarian programs in Southern Africa for 29 years.

Theme music - Sweet Mello Spice by composer / producer Alvin K. Alexander.