Haiti’s First King And President, King Henri Was From An Igbo Descent
Henri I, whose name was Henri Christophe, was born on the 6th of October 1767. King Henri was a free-born but was sold off as a teen. He was believed to be of Igbo descent in West Africa and a former slave of Bambara ethnicity. Henri Christophe arrived Haiti – a French colony, formerly known as Saint Domingue, where he worked as a slave, engaging…