Today we went to the slave castle in Cape Coast. It was such a meaningful experience. Although I feel like I know lots of stories about the slave industry and trade, there was something completely different about being in the male holding tank, in the dark, imagining what a horrible experience it was. Our guide was so informative and thoughtful in the way he told the story of the castle. It was gripping and I, Denise, almost cried when he showed us where the rebels were sent 60 men at a time in a small completely dark cell, to die and where they had used their teeth to make marks in the rocks to communicate that they were there. Such a sad chapter in our history.
We had to get out in the beautiful sunlight and decompress from that experience. We marshalled my future mate, Kofi, to help us get our tickets for tomorrow. We leave for Accra at 530. 3hour bus, 2 trotros, a short walk and we should be at the volunteer house by 3pm or so. Sunday night we leave.
Thank you all for reading our blog and encouraging and amusing us with your comments. Its so much better to share an experience like this with friends. See you back home! Denise and Julie
Congrats to you and Kofi, will you be having another wedding here in the U.S.? Julie still has a couple days to find her future husband too.
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasure to read about your time over there and look forward to hearing about the details of your impressions of the country and the people, especially at the orphanage.
I hope there are lots of pictures that you will post online when you get back so that we can see them all.
Have a safe trip back to the volunteer house and then back to the U.S.