An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria

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• A biography has been published about Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a Yorùbá girl presented to Queen Victoria as a "diplomatic gift" at age seven.
• Born Àìná in 1843 in Òkè-Òdàn, Nigeria, she was captured at five after King Ghezo of Dahomey's forces attacked her town and killed her family.