How Alhassan Dantata became West Africa’s Richest Man in the 1950s
Alhaji Alhassan Dantata was a Nigerian businessman who was the wealthiest man in West Africa at the time of his death on August 17, 1955.
The young Alhassan was brought up in the care of an old slave woman, who was known as “Tata” from which circumstance young Alhassan became known as Alhassan Dantata because of her role as his mother. “Dantata” means “son of Tata”.
So, how did Alhassan Dantata, a “son of an old slave woman”, become West Africa’s Richest Man in the 1950s? #HistoryVille #AlhassanDantata
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00:00 Intro
00:48 Birth and Early Life
04:22 Groundnut Pyramids
09:25 Relationship with Women
13:03 Death
14:10 Legacy
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