What an incredible day Thursday was for everyone; lots of exhausted students but off to Elmina Castle in the AM. Our guide, Lawrence, was thorough and very thoughtful; he made sure that everyone had a clear understanding the personal stories associated with the castle. In speaking with several of the students who were incredibly moved by the stories we agreed that the Cape Coast Castle tour helped us to understand the emergence of the Slaving Systems and how slaves were interred and then transported but that the Elmina Castle tour was the STORY of the slaves in their journey. Very moving and quite disorienting for many, but a healthy look at the impact of the system.
At the end of the tour, Lawrence reminded us that although we may hate the past, it is past and can't be changed and that is through this system that we have now all become one.
Back to Accra for dinner and the some students went out to a club with our Aya Center Guide, Sonny...I don't want to know what time they got back but they were all raving about the fun that they had.
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