When I see such videos I get so emotional and happy at the same time because we have made it back to learn what happened to us and seek for the way forward. A good move by you all.
The koromantins were realy strong. Nanny had that power, so she was able to fight with the British and won with her team. Yes, she trashed them with the powers.
This question about whether the families sold their own people. I studied about slave trade and we were told that there were some gurus in the communities (just like some of the politicians we have these days working for the West) who were intermediaries. Many families were fooled by them. Even in the olden days, Africans relied on agriculture to survive and children were the workforce. Who in his right sense would sell his child for tobacco instead of helping him in his farm?
Point of correction, Before the Europeans invaded Africa, we had the servant- master system. Where one ethnic group or village will conquer the other and take their people as servants who worked in their farms BUT got paid for their labor. If a servant got married to a royal, they become a royal too. If another tribe is more powerful and wanted to expand their territory, they will fight and conquer the other tribe and add them to their numbers. And that is how various tribes grew in number. So technically, you can be a royal today and a servant tomorrow. What most diasporans fail to understand is that, your ancestors who were captured may have owned servants themselves before being sold into slavery. There has to be a better education on that part of our history because I have heard a lot of African Americans saying Africans sold them. There is a lot of education that needs to be had in that area. Unfortunately these tour guides do not explain this part in detail so people still walk around with that mindset. . But at the end of it all, slavery was the worst thing that happened to our African people.
@Rosita Scarborough …your 3 comments above are very informative but what I disagree with is the undertones that somehow present day Continental Africans benefitted from the chattel slavery. There isn’t one institution, entity or kingdom currently in Africa, be it the Ashantis, Benin, Togo and the likes, that have anything to show for as benefit from slavery. On the other hand, currently in the West, we all know there are banks, colleges, families, and governments with wealth directly derived from chattel slavery. Descendants of Africans on the continent and those in the diaspora are all suffering from bad acts of a minority of their common ancestors. Frankly, I don’t agree with any African kingdom apologizing for bad acts of common ancestors IF diasporans demand it before dialogue or atonement. Offering apology in this instance assumes guilt.
@Rosita Scarborough …thanks for your response. Did you know the Denkyiras and Fantes were physically buffered between the Ashantis and the Europeans on the coast? Even though they’re all Akans, the Ashantis and Denkyira never got along and fought wars for dominance. If the Ashantis were heavily involved in slave trade as you claim, they would’ve had to go around these two powerful groups to trade with the Europeans. It is documented that the Denkyiras at one time were more powerful than the Ashantis. The Ashantis were primarily interested in dominance and not interested in slave trade as documented by their elaborate system of government including taxation, almost parallel to the US Federalist Paper system. Now, it is also documented that the Ashantis fought multiple wars with the Europeans, so you cannot say they sold slave to the Europeans at the same time fight them…that doesn’t sound logical. I’ve no doubt that the Ashantis at some point may have sold slaves on a much smaller scale but that could only have happened through intermediaries, judging from their physical location and the distance to the Europeans on the coast.
Also another point that is NOT mentioned much not all slaves were sold through servant-master system. Some of the chiefs and tribesmen and women resisted and fought the Europeans directly only to lose in the battlefield and captured as slaves by the Europeans. Kings like Nana Bonsu ii or Queenmother Nana Yaa Ashantewaa or otumfuo Agyemang Prempeh 1
I am from Elmina but resident in USA. Thanks so much for your clarification. The guide missed the opportunity by not knowing that of the slave history and you have filled that gap. One of the tourists in the beginning was trying to be combative that our people sold them. That’s the false story they have been told. Once again, thanks for your clarification because you did a good job explaining.
A waa stringy mango dis? I hear the patois. Well, good job tour operator. Mercy, mercy, mercy, man's inhumanity to man..We are the descendants of those people who were in the dungeon. Our generation must be strong to visit this place.
I been in that building as soon you get in first thing you get is chill on your body 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️ go downstairs in that waiting slave room build in the 💧 sleep in the water until the ship come take them away I cry 😢
Transferred this behavior beyond and still in use. Now they are worried about "woked" and CRT. Better to be concerned about karma ... Strong lineage indeed. Superb guide.
To all Afro-Africans, the best for you is to have one foot in West Africa and another foot in the United States. It would be a serious mistake to come permanently to live in Ghana, Sierra-Leone, or even in Cameroon. But you now have more and more an opportunity to have two countries in the world, which is a huge privilege in a lifetime. Your prayers for many centuries have been heard by the creator of the universe. Do not make mistakes expose you to certain disappointments. Except for very young children who will be able to adapt better than adults in black Africa. Also pay close attention to land speculation in Africa, there are many crooked brokers and especially false papers that expose you to foolishly losing your money. You will also need to find out from the traditional authorities living in the areas where you want to buy land. Many Africans are naturally generous without expecting anything in return. This is also why they cheated with slavery and the colonization that followed. They are not naive but naturally generous. Be smart and realistic, all is not well in Africa. It's very far from the paradise that we are trying to sell you....but there are heavenly corners that are uninhabited until now. Good luck to everyone A brother from Senegal in West Africa.
I would really like to know how much the government of Ghana thinks about beautifying these cultural riches. Because we cannot allow its degradation. It is time to put this issue on the table with the organizations of the United Nations to improve the world's heritage in Africa. Please Mr President Kufu Addo do something.
Indigenous slavery wasn't termed slavery. The colonial masters named it that way to confuse everybody and also to make the whole world think we were already enslaving ourselves before they vame in here. The Indigenous practiced SERVANTSHIP . That is when a member of the family is given out to serve another that is better off for money to assist the family of the servant to raise his or her younger siblings, etc. And also in most cases, the servant is thought a trade by the master after a couple of years of serving and this form of servantship also benefited the servants family, because he or she will return home knowing a trade to start up their life with and hence will end up with a better future. Families gave out their members to serve with good intentions. So some indigenes gave out their members to the colonials with the hope that they will be taken out to the diaspora to learn a trade n then return back home with a better life. But little did they know that the colonials didn't practice their kind of servantship but rather slavery. They lied to the indigeons. And most slaves were also taken against their will n that of their families. Most of them were stolen people. And behind the gates of the dungeons, most families didn't know what was ongoing until it became too late.
Oh shut up. West Africans were selling slaves to Arabs for 14 hundred years and Arabs castrated these slaves These pathetic attempts to excuse the African involvement in slavery are embarrassing.
They must pay reparation for selling you or give free land not make tourism business about how they sold you and make money from that is just shameless.
Who should pay reparation? Ghana was not even a country during the transatlantic slave trade period. The Gold Coast ethnic nations lost over a million of its peoples. The various inter ethnic conflicts created POWs. A group that sold POWs by the hundreds I'm the 1600s o the Portuguese may well have been conquered and sold by the thousands to the Danes and Dutch in the 1700s. If any of your ancestors were from! that region you need o ask how many they were responsible for sending west before finding themselves on a boat. Land is not free.
The government/chiefs has allocated thousands of acres to the blacks from the diaspora for free at Aseibu,we Ghanaians are always happy to welcome any law abiding people to our motherland,Akwaaba.
As a descendant of that horrific slave trade it is truly demented that the Ghanian govt turned that disgrace into a money making business! Those clowns literally charge the descendants of the slave trade an entry fee of 50 Ghanian dollars BUT charge the local Ghanians 1 dollar Ghanian! This shit is sad!
Does he need money to renovate and keep it running, Does he need money to pay for the employees at the castle.Please don't start to create problems in the tourism
There's nothing as Ghana dollars. You meant Cedis? Also 50 cedis isn't much for even the average Ghanaian. They charge higher for those coming from non-African countries because they believe they can afford it.
Abd123 you complaining about 50 cedis? How much is the dollar equivalent? If it is too much for you keep your change in your pocket or spend it elsewhere.
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Thank you for visiting the Motherland, we love you
Love from Zimbabwe!!!
I desire to come to Ghana also!! My uncle came( retired American military and loved it) He told me, I have to come
Yes you need to come and join us here in Ghana 🇬🇭 our beautiful motherland.
When are you coming?
Hi, Yolanda are you on ig
Please 🙏 come to cape coast 🇬🇭 and stay here
I love seeing the diaspora coming back home
When I see such videos I get so emotional and happy at the same time because we have made it back to learn what happened to us and seek for the way forward. A good move by you all.
Sad and scary history. God have mercy on us. Amen.
This is beautiful ❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience with us 💯🖤
I really love ur last speech at the end. And I’m proud of you for takin the step back home and learning more about urself
the guide did a good job. very nice video!
Thanks to each and everyone who viewed, commented, liked and subscribed!
The koromantins were realy strong. Nanny had that power, so she was able to fight with the British and won with her team. Yes, she trashed them with the powers.
Love it and the journey and plight of our ancestors
Excellent broadcast
Thank you my friend! We must never forget out past and the plight of our ancestors
Please 🙏 come to cape coast 🇬🇭 and stay here
Visited Elmina almost fifty years ago. I have never forgotten the experience.
Ohh wooow i love them so much welcome back to home 🇬🇭🇬🇭🙏🏽🙏🏽😢
glad our elders made it back, looks like a unforgettable trip.
Ur welcome to motherland Ghana 🇬🇭
And all of you are welcome to India my African brothers.
Is very very very sad story. Nana Boadu NY USA 🇺🇸 ♥
Keep Rising
Woow very. Touching. Video
This video is so beautiful
Nice one
This question about whether the families sold their own people. I studied about slave trade and we were told that there were some gurus in the communities (just like some of the politicians we have these days working for the West) who were intermediaries. Many families were fooled by them.
Even in the olden days, Africans relied on agriculture to survive and children were the workforce. Who in his right sense would sell his child for tobacco instead of helping him in his farm?
Very touching!
Wonderful our old people really suffer shame to the British and American government
It made me emotional
May she Lord protects you forever
The motherland 🇬🇭🇬🇭. Proud Ashanti (Akan) here 🙏🏾
I am your new subscriber.
Point of correction, Before the Europeans invaded Africa, we had the servant- master system. Where one ethnic group or village will conquer the other and take their people as servants who worked in their farms BUT got paid for their labor. If a servant got married to a royal, they become a royal too. If another tribe is more powerful and wanted to expand their territory, they will fight and conquer the other tribe and add them to their numbers. And that is how various tribes grew in number. So technically, you can be a royal today and a servant tomorrow. What most diasporans fail to understand is that, your ancestors who were captured may have owned servants themselves before being sold into slavery. There has to be a better education on that part of our history because I have heard a lot of African Americans saying Africans sold them. There is a lot of education that needs to be had in that area. Unfortunately these tour guides do not explain this part in detail so people still walk around with that mindset.
.
But at the end of it all, slavery was the worst thing that happened to our African people.
You’re absolutely correct.
@Rosita Scarborough …your 3 comments above are very informative but what I disagree with is the undertones that somehow present day Continental Africans benefitted from the chattel slavery. There isn’t one institution, entity or kingdom currently in Africa, be it the Ashantis, Benin, Togo and the likes, that have anything to show for as benefit from slavery. On the other hand, currently in the West, we all know there are banks, colleges, families, and governments with wealth directly derived from chattel slavery.
Descendants of Africans on the continent and those in the diaspora are all suffering from bad acts of a minority of their common ancestors. Frankly, I don’t agree with any African kingdom apologizing for bad acts of common ancestors IF diasporans demand it before dialogue or atonement. Offering apology in this instance assumes guilt.
@Rosita Scarborough …thanks for your response. Did you know the Denkyiras and Fantes were physically buffered between the Ashantis and the Europeans on the coast? Even though they’re all Akans, the Ashantis and Denkyira never got along and fought wars for dominance. If the Ashantis were heavily involved in slave trade as you claim, they would’ve had to go around these two powerful groups to trade with the Europeans. It is documented that the Denkyiras at one time were more powerful than the Ashantis. The Ashantis were primarily interested in dominance and not interested in slave trade as documented by their elaborate system of government including taxation, almost parallel to the US Federalist Paper system. Now, it is also documented that the Ashantis fought multiple wars with the Europeans, so you cannot say they sold slave to the Europeans at the same time fight them…that doesn’t sound logical. I’ve no doubt that the Ashantis at some point may have sold slaves on a much smaller scale but that could only have happened through intermediaries, judging from their physical location and the distance to the Europeans on the coast.
Also another point that is NOT mentioned much not all slaves were sold through servant-master system. Some of the chiefs and tribesmen and women resisted and fought the Europeans directly only to lose in the battlefield and captured as slaves by the Europeans. Kings like Nana Bonsu ii or Queenmother Nana Yaa Ashantewaa or otumfuo Agyemang Prempeh 1
I am from Elmina but resident in USA. Thanks so much for your clarification. The guide missed the opportunity by not knowing that of the slave history and you have filled that gap. One of the tourists in the beginning was trying to be combative that our people sold them. That’s the false story they have been told. Once again, thanks for your clarification because you did a good job explaining.
A waa stringy mango dis? I hear the patois. Well, good job tour operator. Mercy, mercy, mercy, man's inhumanity to man..We are the descendants of those people who were in the dungeon. Our generation must be strong to visit this place.
I been in that building as soon you get in first thing you get is chill on your body 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️ go downstairs in that waiting slave room build in the 💧 sleep in the water until the ship come take them away I cry 😢
God be with you
Enjoy yr Motherland🇬🇭❤ everything is freash fruit 🌴🌴🌴
Transferred this behavior beyond and still in use. Now they are worried about "woked" and CRT. Better to be concerned about karma ... Strong lineage indeed. Superb guide.
To all Afro-Africans, the best for you is to have one foot in West Africa and another foot in the United States.
It would be a serious mistake to come permanently to live in Ghana, Sierra-Leone, or even in Cameroon. But you now have more and more an opportunity to have two countries in the world, which is a huge privilege in a lifetime. Your prayers for many centuries have been heard by the creator of the universe.
Do not make mistakes expose you to certain disappointments. Except for very young children who will be able to adapt better than adults in black Africa.
Also pay close attention to land speculation in Africa, there are many crooked brokers and especially false papers that expose you to foolishly losing your money.
You will also need to find out from the traditional authorities living in the areas where you want to buy land. Many Africans are naturally generous without expecting anything in return. This is also why they cheated with slavery and the colonization that followed. They are not naive but naturally generous. Be smart and realistic, all is not well in Africa. It's very far from the paradise that we are trying to sell you....but there are heavenly corners that are uninhabited until now.
Good luck to everyone
A brother from Senegal in West Africa.
Thanks for sharing my sister 🇬🇭✊🏿🇬🇭 Akwaaba.
My trip to this castle affected me badly. I was sad for weeks. Afterward, I became an atheist.
True TRUTH.
castle need touch up
Akwaaba to Ghana I wish well
I would really like to know how much the government of Ghana thinks about beautifying these cultural riches. Because we cannot allow its degradation. It is time to put this issue on the table with the organizations of the United Nations to improve the world's heritage in Africa. Please Mr President Kufu Addo do something.
Because we it’s a unesco heritage site it can’t be beautified, ones it’s modified it looses that unesco accolade
🙏🙏🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Indigenous slavery wasn't termed slavery. The colonial masters named it that way to confuse everybody and also to make the whole world think we were already enslaving ourselves before they vame in here.
The Indigenous practiced SERVANTSHIP . That is when a member of the family is given out to serve another that is better off for money to assist the family of the servant to raise his or her younger siblings, etc. And also in most cases, the servant is thought a trade by the master after a couple of years of serving and this form of servantship also benefited the servants family, because he or she will return home knowing a trade to start up their life with and hence will end up with a better future.
Families gave out their members to serve with good intentions.
So some indigenes gave out their members to the colonials with the hope that they will be taken out to the diaspora to learn a trade n then return back home with a better life. But little did they know that the colonials didn't practice their kind of servantship but rather slavery. They lied to the indigeons. And most slaves were also taken against their will n that of their families. Most of them were stolen people. And behind the gates of the dungeons, most families didn't know what was ongoing until it became too late.
Oh shut up.
West Africans were selling slaves to Arabs for 14 hundred years and Arabs castrated these slaves
These pathetic attempts to excuse the African involvement in slavery are embarrassing.
😭😭😢😢😡
It is yrue that the slave ships were called Jesus. ( At least some of them.)
They must pay reparation for selling you or give free land not make tourism business about how they sold you and make money from that is just shameless.
Who should pay reparation?
Ghana was not even a country during the transatlantic slave trade period.
The Gold Coast ethnic nations lost over a million of its peoples. The various inter ethnic conflicts created POWs. A group that sold POWs by the hundreds I'm the 1600s o the Portuguese may well have been conquered and sold by the thousands to the Danes and Dutch in the 1700s.
If any of your ancestors were from! that region you need o ask how many they were responsible for sending west before finding themselves on a boat.
Land is not free.
The government/chiefs has allocated thousands of acres to the blacks from the diaspora for free at Aseibu,we Ghanaians are always happy to welcome any law abiding people to our motherland,Akwaaba.
Who employed this tourist guide ? It seems he knows nothing and he’s not good in communication. We should employed qualified and good communicators
Fact!!!! Look out for history professor
As a descendant of that horrific slave trade it is truly demented that the Ghanian govt turned that disgrace into a money making business!
Those clowns literally charge the descendants of the slave trade an entry fee of 50 Ghanian dollars BUT charge the local Ghanians 1 dollar Ghanian! This shit is sad!
Does he need money to renovate and keep it running, Does he need money to pay for the employees at the castle.Please don't start to create problems in the tourism
Pls stop creating problems
@@johnamoako4021 ,thank you for saying it all .
There's nothing as Ghana dollars. You meant Cedis? Also 50 cedis isn't much for even the average Ghanaian. They charge higher for those coming from non-African countries because they believe they can afford it.
Abd123 you complaining about 50 cedis? How much is the dollar equivalent?
If it is too much for you keep your change in your pocket or spend it elsewhere.