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"History, despite it's wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again"

 - Maya Angelou

MANHYIA PALACE MUSEUM - KUMASI

FROM THE ORIGINS OF SLAVERY TO THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM:
EMANCIPATION, DE-COLONIZATION, PAN - AFRICANISM, AND CIVIL RIGHTS
- RETRACING THE STEPS OF YOUR ANCESTORS
Ghana

Listen to the tapestry of rich history of your ancestors told from generation to generation by elders; - knowledge passed on through Africa’s age-old customs and traditions. Your ancestors created great ancient empires that gave birth to the earliest civilizations known to the world. A history that has been distorted, attributed to others or never been told. Re-live the stories and trace the footsteps of your ancestors - walk the earth they walked on, touch the buildings they built, and live the civilization they created.

 

Listen to the stories of those who came before you; those who persevered in the face the greatest tragedy known to man; those who risk everything to fight for freedom and justice; those who live today, like you, who have found the inner strength to keep their heads up high with pride and succeed in an unforgiving world; and those who are yet to be born – those who will inherit what we sow today.

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Your tour will take you to Elmina Castle built by the Portuguese in 1482 in Elmina, along the coast of Ghana. Its museum, "Images of Elmina Across the Centuries" tells the story of the Portuguese arrival, through the period of slavery to the 20th Century. The Cape Coast Castle was built by the Swedes in 1653 in Cape Coast. Its museum, "Crossroads of People, Crossroads of Trade", depicts the advent of Europeans to Africa, their interactions with the local people, and the slave trade. The tour takes to you to the slave dungeons and to the infamous "Door of No Return". Your tour will also include a visit to Assin Manso - to the ancestral grave yard, the "Wall of Return", and to the slave river where slaves were made to take their last bath.

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This tour takes you to the W.E.B DuBois Center for Pan-African Culture in Accra, Ghana. It was the home of W.E.B DuBois where he lived and died. You will also visit Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum where he and his wife Fathia Nkrumah of Egypt are buried. This is to rekindle the hope of Africans in the diaspora for the political, economic, social, and cultural re-emergence of Africa. 

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Here is how to do it...

- Cape Coast Salve Dungeons

- Elmina Slave Dungeons 

- Slave River, Museum, Ancestral Graveyard

- Eguafo - seat of King Nana Kwamena Ansah I

- Driving/walking tour of Cape Coast and Elmina (Posuban/shrines of Asafo companies, Ahenfie, Victoria Park, historic sites, landmarks, etc.)

- Manhyia Palace Museum, Kumasi

- Christiansburg Castle, Accra

- Usher Fort, Accra

- W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Center for Pan-African Culture

- Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum

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