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Olaudah Equiano

1745 - 1797

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Olaudah Equiano (; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (), was a writer and abolitionist. According to his memoir, he was from the village of Essaka in modern southern Nigeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaudah Equiano has received more than 2,910,399 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Olaudah Equiano is the 2,420th most popular writer (down from 1,564th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nigerian Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olaudah Equiano ranks 2,420 out of 7,302. Before him are Sotion, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Vonda N. McIntyre, Charlotte Buff, Aelred of Rievaulx, and Kate Chopin. After him are Peter of Dusburg, Ugo Betti, Noor Inayat Khan, Niccolò Tommaseo, Paul Hazard, and Dominique Lapierre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Olaudah Equiano ranks 29. Before him are Denis Fonvizin, Maxim Berezovsky, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Isaac Titsingh, Bodawpaya, and Caspar Wessel. After him are Johann Peter Frank, François-Jean de la Barre, Antonio José Cavanilles, Gim Hongdo, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, and Inō Tadataka. Among people deceased in 1797, Olaudah Equiano ranks 18. Before him are Joseph Wright of Derby, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Horace Walpole, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec. After him are Wang Zhenyi, Molla Panah Vagif, Ivan Shuvalov, John Wilkes, Francesco Sabatini, and Michel-Jean Sedaine.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano ranks 13 out of 309. Before him are Fela Kuti (1938), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Bola Tinubu (1952), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Hakeem Olajuwon (1963). After him are Sani Abacha (1943), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Francis Arinze (1932), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), and Rashidi Yekini (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano ranks 3. Before him are Wole Soyinka (1934), and Chinua Achebe (1930). After him are Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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