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Why Ghana’s John Cabess is the 1st African millionaire trader to compete with Europeans in 1700s

A great African merchant, businessman, and state-builder, John Kabes (also spelled John Cabess or John Cabes) established the paramount stool of the prosperous port city of Komenda in the Eguafo Kingdom of the Gold Coast (Ghana). Despite his tight links to the British and his role as a supplier to …

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