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Dr. Vincent Robert Susai, the author of the book "Zanzibar's Comprehensive History and Historicity," was born in Bengaluru, India. Assigned by the Government of India as an Indian Expert, he served the Government of Tanzania as a Financial Advisor for decades. While stationed in Tanzania, he visited the nearby Zanzibar and, having been deeply intrigued by its natural beauty and extremely gripping history, he wrote his striking book.

In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to 400 to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was the Lutheran minister Reverend Olafur Egilsson. Reverend Olafur wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive and as a traveler across Europe (he journeyed alone from Algiers to Copenhagen in an attempt to raise funds to ransom the Icelandic captives who remained behind).

The Reverend Joseph Julius Jackson was an African American preacher who published The History of the Black Man in 1921, a book which covers the history of the African people from Ethiopia and Egypt. Rev. Jackson believed that a lack of historical knowledge by the Afro American community about their past and origins has undermined their pride, and that a better knowledge of the contribution of the black man to civilization would ameliorate the situation.