June 9

This morning in Cape Coast before leaving to Akosombo we visited the Elmina Castle. That was one of the most powerful moments in life for me. Standing in the cells were my ancestors stood, slept, and many died was painful something about the tour guide as well and his way of explaining things just made it really hit me. Everyone always says why do we still talk about slavery but that moment was why. The pain is all still around and ever present because my people have never been given the apologies or real recognition for the evil tragedy of salvery. When we stood where the governor would stand when he choose the black body he wanted to violate my stomach sank to the of my stomach.  Everything felt so real, too real .After all nothing made this women different from me and had it been that time period I could have been standing right there and chose to be touched by a digusting and hateful human being to see the same shackles used during slavery in the museum really just hurt. Looking out the door of no return made me get goose bumps I could just imagine all the pain, tears and hurt in those moments being ripped away from all you have ever know just to be brutalized for centuries to come in America

At night we decided to go into the pool and it was literally the perfect temperature and the height only went to 6 feet so we all just chilled talked and reflected on the day it was great!