Josh Preye (Prey-Yeah) Garry

@joshpreyegarry.bsky.social

Head of History, Acting Head of Religious Studies, Author, Examiner, Consultant, 2022 National Diversity Award winner, NPQML University of Oxford

Once enslaved as a child, Jaja of Opobo became a king and controlled the palm oil trade in the Niger Delta. When he refused British economic control, they lured him onto a ship in 1887. He was arrested and exiled. They couldn’t beat him in trade… so they removed him.