Claim: A Facebook user shared an image of pre-colonial Nigerians carrying a white man purported to be Mungo Park a ride from Onitsha on their shoulders to River Niger.
Fact-check: Viral image of black men lifting Caucasians from Uganda, not Nigeria - Dubawa
Verdict: false! checks by dubawa revealed that the white man in the image was british colonial officer harry george galt.
Organisation: Dubawa
Author: Damilola Olufemi
Date published: 2024-07-04T12:27:45