Learn more about the history of the Elmina Castle on our Ghana Travel Blog: ghana.for91days.com/2019/07/28/elmina-castle/
@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD Жыл бұрын
I have walked through El Mina ~ 20 years ago. My father was born in Ghana not far from the Gold Coast and Ivory Coast slave port. Now I understand where my claustrophobia and anxiety came from. It’s in my DNA. profoundly consequential. Walking through the narrow dark one-way passage, the very same tunnel my ancestors walked into the New World was a life changing experience. The voice of the captive souls who passed through echoes in the walls.
@For91Days Жыл бұрын
To think you about your ancestors while taking this tour must have been very difficult.
@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD Жыл бұрын
@@For91Days my father was born in the Gold Coast in Abodom, a village 100 miles or 200 km) from El Mina Castle, just a 4 hour drive. Imagine walking through a dark dank tunnel carved out of rock; a tunnel so narrow that we were forced to walk single file and bent down. The passage was closed-in such a way that I could barely stretch my arms to full wingspan or stand straight up. We were shuffling one by one all in a row towards the light at the end of the tunnel. I felt like I was suffocating my way through the one way passage. I had to close my eyes to keep from fainting . Portuguese and Dutch transatlantic slave traders built the castle precisely this way to discourage runaways. As we approached the light we realized that it was not merely window looking out to the Atlantic Ocean but rather an onboarding gate where slaves walked onto ships docked at the tunnel, as if they were boarding a cruise ship. This is literally known as the “Door of No Return”. I have always been extremely claustrophobic. Now I know why. 🧬
@For91Days Жыл бұрын
@@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD That this all was even possible and that the effects of these times are still all around, it's such a horror! And that there so many people who can't even talk about this part of the history in a normal manner, it's just shocking.
@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD Жыл бұрын
@@For91Days you spoke it brother.
@АлбанусПрезилга10 ай бұрын
One of the many Portuguese forts along the Gold Coast - Castelo de S. Jorge d'Elmina erected in 1482
@RnBMistressWare3 жыл бұрын
Every Time I Watch These Types Of Video's About The Trans-Atlanta Trade, And Hearing The Story Of What Happens Brings Me To Tears Every Time. How Could People Have Been So Inhumane? 😢
@nancymesek3 жыл бұрын
I visited the castle and took a tour. At one point is was too much and I just sobbed thinking of what was done to these people.
@ishouldbestudyingrightnow53683 жыл бұрын
-Frances wants to occupy Africa World: -Germany wants to occupy France which owns 2/3 of Africa World: wait thats illegal
@zacharyharris438 Жыл бұрын
Its sad. Also sad how there were millons of white slaves in africa too. Look it up
@hyp53911 ай бұрын
YES @@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368
@dj4751_mylord Жыл бұрын
This was breathtaking
@fritzroysmith8526 Жыл бұрын
Hi, trust you are well. Just came across this video, I am doing a documentary on the Continued effect of slavery on the black man. Unfortunately, we can't get to GHANA Cape Coast Castle due to budget constraints. Is it possible to use some of your footage? We are doing an Educational feature.
@For91Days Жыл бұрын
You can get in touch via our website but in order to use this footage you would need to purchase a license.
@aleero78638 ай бұрын
I toured the castle back in September and there was such a heaviness on me that I was having trouble breathing 😮💨
@For91Days7 ай бұрын
Same .. awful!
@neishasconyers20552 жыл бұрын
My cousin was named Sophie sconiers and she was the princess in Ghana but she got sold in slavery don’t belive me look it up.
@saskiadeborah9761 Жыл бұрын
Whose a nice history experience 😃 see you soon Feb 2024 🙂 Visiting Excursion/Father/Mother side 🎉🎉🎉
@millicenta.t.56074 жыл бұрын
Gosh😭😭😭
@andrewloner82944 жыл бұрын
Wow
@__ghostwolf__2 жыл бұрын
sitting with a tear running down my cheek
@seekinggodfilms69662 жыл бұрын
Shalom may I share this video on my other KZbin page?
@saskiadeborah9761 Жыл бұрын
Elmina whose thoughtful experience Nice talipia Paperwork Hase been found.....
@saskiadeborah9761 Жыл бұрын
Nice Sea ⛵🌊
@johnw2026 Жыл бұрын
It is sad the things we humans often do to one another, things we institutionalize, only to find out decades or even centuries later how wrong we were. And we say we don't believe in slavery today, but what are we doing about those that are forced into sex slavery? A young lady who lives here in the U.S. told how she escaped living in North Korea, only to be a sex slave for awhile (I think in China, not sure), before she could make her way here. That's been in the 21st century! We may not be forcing people to work plantations, but we Americans aren't doing enough, or really much of anything, to stop the sex slavery going on right here in our own country! If you want to stop it, a big step would be to make all pornography illegal, all aspects of it. Making it, owning it, distributing it, and wilfully acting in it. They'll scream about free speech rights and the Constitution, but we can't let them use that for that purpose, the Constitution wasn't written by perverts.
@Happy_HIbiscus4 жыл бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢😢
@saskiadeborah9761 Жыл бұрын
Hellooooo History 😊 oh Wauw 😊
@kwakubotantv81363 жыл бұрын
Kwaku botan was here
@jerseygurlinmaryland3 жыл бұрын
Hello?
@For91Days3 жыл бұрын
Hi!
@saskiadeborah9761 Жыл бұрын
Goodday Africa 😊
@ruthatambo86083 жыл бұрын
And how are these yt pple just walking around freely, aaaaaaaargh simply annoying
@misheannarnstein40179 ай бұрын
😢😢
@For91Days9 ай бұрын
Horrible history. You can read more about it on our Ghana Blog: ghana.for91days.com/2019/07/28/elmina-castle/
@websyt37606 ай бұрын
😅😮
@dianaboachie8014 жыл бұрын
Bad
@saskiadeborah9761 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@brunopinheiro16323 жыл бұрын
Love the architecture of that castle.
@For91Days3 жыл бұрын
It has some very heavy history as well - read all about it on our Ghana Travel Blog: ghana.for91days.com/elmina-castle/
@damanibaraka78962 жыл бұрын
The slave dungeon was dark and damp. I've been to Elmina and Cape Coast and the architecture wasn't remarkable. Hallways and rooms it a place to hold prisoners who became slave eventually. A house of horror. You wouldn't need much skill to build it but it served it purpose.
@Josiah-px1wg Жыл бұрын
U love death and destruction
@jayjones2513 ай бұрын
A stain to Africa
@kingosei4923 Жыл бұрын
Wow
@MawusiRahael-vz4zl Жыл бұрын
Wow
@For91Days Жыл бұрын
So glad you like it - if you want to learn more about the Elmina Castle, check out our Ghana Travel Blog: ghana.for91days.com/2019/07/28/elmina-castle/