What is the point of view in the excerpts from Olaudah Equiano’s memoir? What is likely his purpose in beginning the narrative with details describing his village in Nigeria?

The first-person point of view.

To show how his life was before he was taken into slavery.

Explanation:

Olaudah Equiano made us of the first-person narrative in his memoir to describe his early life in Nigeria, how everywhere was clean, the people happy, marriage and family essential, and how he was suddenly cast into the evil hands of slavery and how he was able to become a free man.

He described his village in Nigeria so he can give readers an insight on how peaceful and satisfactory his life was before he became a slave.

His point of view was the first-person point of view.

His likely purpose in beginning the narrative with details describing his village in Nigeria is to compare the life he was living before he was enslaved and the life he was living after becoming enslaved.

Explanation:

Olaudah Equiano's purpose in writing his autobiography describing his journey into slavery was to strongly oppose slavery and highlight how slaves were really treated.

He showed how horrific he and other slaves were treated by their masters and they helped other abolitionists to further their cause of ending slavery.

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