Quest to learn about roots drives "slave tourism" in Ghana

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African-American poet Maya Angelou once wrote: "Africa is a historical truth ... no man can know where he's going unless he knows exactly where he's been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."

This search for" historical truth" has led thousands of visitors to Cape Coast, in Ghana, a picturesque seaside town with stunning blue sea, serene beaches and pastel-colored fishing boats.

Instead of idyllic days under the sun, they are looking for a glimpse into their dark ancestral past -- the harrowing experience of their African forebears who were sold as slaves.

Roots tourism has brought more and more people of African descent, like Monique Ross and Jacques Wallace, to the sleepy fishing port.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/12/world/africa/on-the-road-ghana-roots-tourism/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

There are a lot of black people in the U.S. curious to know what their ancestry is with a bit more detail than the 30 million square km known as "Africa" ...

Ben_Reilly wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

segregation/apartheid are not slavery

are they??

They're still oppression; why don't you learn a bit about what black people went through before you try to act like it was no big deal?

i know what blacks went through,i see Ben as usual you speak from a position of ignorance, at least i grew up during apartheid and witnessed first hand the lives they had to lead,all you have is history books and "twelve years a slave" to form your opinions on

and its WENT THROUGH not GOING through

blacks in America are not oppressed, they are not slaves and they are not under forced segregation so not sure how they still feel hard done by

smelly_bandit wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

They're still oppression; why don't you learn a bit about what black people went through before you try to act like it was no big deal?

i know what blacks went through,i see Ben as usual you speak from a position of ignorance, at least i grew up during apartheid and witnessed first hand the lives they had to lead,all you have is history books and "twelve years a slave" to form your opinions on

and its WENT THROUGH not GOING through

blacks in America are not oppressed, they are not slaves and they are not under forced segregation so not sure how they still feel hard done by

Lol as if we are going to take the word of someone who promotes lies to stir up hate between ethnic groups and religions, behave, some of us actually know South Africans as well that also grew up under it.

Blacks are still very much discriminated in America



https://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-racial-discrimination

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/28/for-african-americans-discrimination-is-not-dead/

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

i know what blacks went through,i see Ben as usual you speak from a position of ignorance, at least i grew up during apartheid and witnessed first hand the lives they had to lead,all you have is history books and "twelve years a slave" to form your opinions on

and its WENT THROUGH not GOING through

blacks in America are not oppressed, they are not slaves and they are not under forced segregation so not sure how they still feel hard done by

Lol as if we are going to take the word of someone who promotes lies to stir up hate between ethnic groups and religions, behave, some of us actually know South Africans as well that also grew up under it.

Blacks are still very much discriminated in America



https://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-racial-discrimination

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/28/for-african-americans-discrimination-is-not-dead/

yeah i feel for their plight, the naughty white Americans are really holding them back




since America now has a BLACK president that means blacks are discriminating against themselves

No just some of  the white majority, (again only some, like certain States for example, but not all the people that live there)  are trying to hold them back and like you have formed poor stereotypes.

Also your knowledge of your own country is poor to say the least

Didge wrote:No just some of  the white majority, (again only some, like certain States for example, but not all the people that live there)  are trying to hold them back and like you have formed poor stereotypes.

Also your knowledge of your own country is poor to say the least

yep really being held back

One man, how many Judges, Senators Police are black for example


Again absurd argument

one man who happens to be president of a country you claim is persecuting black people

how does that work??

smelly_bandit wrote:one man who happens to be president of a country you claim is persecuting black people

how does that work??

One man that needs the backing of the Senate and a house of Representatives to approve law changes for example, which bring us back to how many Senators are white and how many are black?  

http://www.out-law.com/page-7767


His in charge granted, but has to fight tooth and nail to pass legislation and when as seen laws like Gay marriage are passed certain States step in and bring in local policies to combat Government changes

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:one man who happens to be president of a country you claim is persecuting black people

how does that work??

One man that needs the backing of the Senate and a house of Representatives to approve law changes for example, which bring us back to how many Senators are white and how many are black?  

http://www.out-law.com/page-7767


His in charge granted, but has to fight tooth and nail to pass legislation and when as seen laws like Gay marriage are passed certain States step in and bring in local policies to combat Government changes

so he has to fight for what he wants - same as every other American president then??

how exactly is America persecuting blacks again when its own president is black??

you really have tied yourself in knots here haven't you

Dear me I guess you did not read any of the links did you or were able to answer my question on how many white or black Senators there are, same with Judges, same with Police etc etc

Mate you are the one in a hole here from your previous stupidity on denying many people the right to identity themselves by their nation and ethnicity.


Let me know when you have something intelligent to offer, it was bad enough showing you up with the history on the end of apartheid, you really embarrassed yourself there ha ha

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:



One man that needs the backing of the Senate and a house of Representatives to approve law changes for example, which bring us back to how many Senators are white and how many are black?  

http://www.out-law.com/page-7767


His in charge granted, but has to fight tooth and nail to pass legislation and when as seen laws like Gay marriage are passed certain States step in and bring in local policies to combat Government changes

so he has to fight for what he wants - same as every other American president then??

how exactly is America persecuting blacks again when its own president is black??

you really have tied yourself in knots here haven't you

Um...well, let's see.  Two words come to mind: Trayvon Martin.  Oh, two more words: Jordan Davis.  Dead and cold--six-feet under--is a strong message of persecution.  I consider killing Black children a form of persecution. So would you, if your children were gunned down and the murderer let off by the State.

Smelly, you make so much about the American Black president, yet look at the abject racism and prejudice he is receiving from Republicans and the Republican-controlled Congress.  I don't believe any president has ever had to withstand so much before.

President Obama's term, itself, is a monument to racism.

Original Quill wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

so he has to fight for what he wants - same as every other American president then??

how exactly is America persecuting blacks again when its own president is black??

you really have tied yourself in knots here haven't you

Um...well, let's see.  Two words come to mind: Trayvon Martin.  Oh, two more words: Jordan Davis.  Dead and cold--six-feet under--is a strong message of persecution.  I consider killing Black children a form of persecution.  So would you, if your children were gunned down and the murderer let off by the State.

Smelly, you make so much about the American Black president, yet look at the abject racism and prejudice he is receiving from Republicans and the Republican-controlled Congress.  I don't believe any president has ever had to withstand so much before.

President Obama's term, itself, is a monument to racism.

trayvon martin the violent ghetto [wow]nigga[/wow] who attacked an innocent man who then stood his ground??

the American justice system of which you claim to have once been apart of cleared him of any wrong doing

your logic is so perverted and you clearly one of those privileged whites who think its politically fashionable to hate the skin you were born into

if you want to self flagellate over your obviously manufactured guilt for wrongs you are not responsible for - fill your boots

but please spare me your self righteous holier-than-thou judgement  

i genuinely find your cries of racism extremely tedious and you're by no means the first bleeding heart self hating liberal to call me a racist

fuck me if i had a dollar for every time one of you pull out the racist card, i could hire bill gates to be my tea boy

the fact is you don't even understand what racism is

maybe you should grow up a bit

racism
ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/Submit
noun
1.
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.


Smelly has stated countless times blacks are inferior to whites


So to him being labelled a racist is wrong even though he clearly is clueless, as he is as guilty as charged, as he cannot move the goalposts on claiming an ethnic group of people is inferior to another.


So that is why you have never kept any of the dollars.





Night

Didge wrote:racism
ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/Submit
noun
1.
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.


Smelly has stated countless times blacks are inferior to whites


So to him being labelled a racist is wrong even though he clearly is clueless, as he is as guilty as charged, as he cannot move the goalposts on claiming an ethnic group of people is inferior to another.


So that is why you have never kept any of the dollars.





Night

good come back

I think we got to smelly, didge.

Maybe we ought to leave him in his solitary cell to contemplate...um, his ugly views. He is a true Klansman, tho he's still a wimp Brit as a racist.

Original Quill wrote:I think we got to smelly, didge.

Maybe we ought to leave him in his solitary cell to contemplate...um, his ugly views.  He is a true Klansman, tho he's still a wimp Brit as a racist.

  


Thing is he is Afrikaan and here is the funny part, he has a British passport and British citizenship, which thus makes him British South African or British Afrikaan in the eyes of the law.


Have fun Quill see you tomorrow

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:I think we got to smelly, didge.

Maybe we ought to leave him in his solitary cell to contemplate...um, his ugly views.  He is a true Klansman, tho he's still a wimp Brit as a racist.

  


Thing is he is Afrikaan and here is the funny part, he has a British passport and British citizenship, which thus makes him British South African or British Afrikaan in the eyes of the law.


Have fun Quill see you tomorrow

He denies being South African, Didge. He says he is a Londoner. Oh well, more craziness.

The point is to recognize the signs of someone who is cracking. It appears he needs his sleep.

See you in the morrow.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:I think we got to smelly, didge.

Maybe we ought to leave him in his solitary cell to contemplate...um, his ugly views.  He is a true Klansman, tho he's still a wimp Brit as a racist.

  


Thing is he is Afrikaan and here is the funny part, he has a British passport and British citizenship, which thus makes him British South African or British Afrikaan in the eyes of the law.


Have fun Quill see you tomorrow

 ::smthg:: ::smthg:: ::smthg:: 

afrikaan??

whats that??

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:


  


Thing is he is Afrikaan and here is the funny part, he has a British passport and British citizenship, which thus makes him British South African or British Afrikaan in the eyes of the law.


Have fun Quill see you tomorrow

He denies being South African, Didge.  He says he is a Londoner.  Oh well, more craziness.

The point is to recognize the signs of someone who is cracking.  It appears he needs his sleep.

See you in the morrow.

Hi Quill Smelly denies being an Afrikaans. He says he is British lol. He also says that Afrikaans is his second language

David wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

He denies being South African, Didge.  He says he is a Londoner.  Oh well, more craziness.

The point is to recognize the signs of someone who is cracking.  It appears he needs his sleep.

See you in the morrow.

Hi Quill Smelly denies being an Afrikaans.  He says he is British lol.  He also says that Afrikaans is his second language      

Hi David


Guess he is denying his birth right, oh well he has the option to do that, I would not deny him that even though he wishes to deny others how they identify themselves, but still in the eyes of the law he is now British South African

  

David wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

He denies being South African, Didge.  He says he is a Londoner.  Oh well, more craziness.

The point is to recognize the signs of someone who is cracking.  It appears he needs his sleep.

See you in the morrow.

Hi Quill Smelly denies being an Afrikaans.  He says he is British lol.  He also says that Afrikaans is his second language      

never once said im British, why would i???

you sassy didge catman and now quill all seem to be sucking on the same crack pipe

Didge wrote:

David wrote:

Hi Quill Smelly denies being an Afrikaans.  He says he is British lol.  He also says that Afrikaans is his second language      

Hi David


Guess he is denying his birth right, oh well he has the option to do that, I would not deny him that even  though he wishes to deny others how they identify themselves, but still in the eyes of the law he is now British South African

  

how am i british south african??

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:


Hi David


Guess he is denying his birth right, oh well he has the option to do that, I would not deny him that even  though he wishes to deny others how they identify themselves, but still in the eyes of the law he is now British South African

  

how am i british south african??

Are you not a British Citizen?


Quite simple really and surely as you claim you are a serving Royal Marine your loyalties are with Britain are they not?

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not. I mean you can call yourself what you like smelly that is your choice, as all stated earlier, it is funny though when the shoe is on the other foot and this point posed to you how you get defensive over your own identity, in fact it is hilarious

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

how am i british south african??

Are you not a British Citizen?


Quite simple really and surely as you claim you are a  serving Royal Marine your loyalties are with Britain are they not?

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not. I mean you can call yourself what you like smelly that is your choice, as all stated earlier, it is funny though when the shoe is on the other foot and this point posed to you how you get defensive over your own identity, in fact it is hilarious

   

no, when have i ever claimed to be a British citizen??

im not getting defensive since this is just another of your little crack pipe smoking delusions thats you have substituted in place of actual fact

quill is even worse, claiming i said im a Londoner of all things

i think sassys lies are infecting everyone around here

smelly wrote:quill is even worse, claiming i said im a Londoner of all things

I believe you are right, smelly.  I was carrying on a running dialogue with Tommy at the same time, and I may have crossed the identities.

Haha---nevertheless, it shows how y'all look the same to me.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:


Are you not a British Citizen?


Quite simple really and surely as you claim you are a  serving Royal Marine your loyalties are with Britain are they not?

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not. I mean you can call yourself what you like smelly that is your choice, as all stated earlier, it is funny though when the shoe is on the other foot and this point posed to you how you get defensive over your own identity, in fact it is hilarious

   

no, when have i ever claimed to be a British citizen??

im not getting defensive since this is just another of your little crack pipe smoking delusions thats you have substituted in place of actual fact

quill is even worse, claiming i said im a Londoner of all things

i think sassys lies are infecting everyone around here

There you have it he is not a British citizen, are you illegally here then, ha ha ha?

Again do you not place Britain before South Africa, being as you claim to be in the Royal Marines?

I find this prudent a point to all your hot air debates about others being loyal to this country, because which ever way you answer, you are fucked ha ha

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

   

no, when have i ever claimed to be a British citizen??

im not getting defensive since this is just another of your little crack pipe smoking delusions thats you have substituted in place of actual fact

quill is even worse, claiming i said im a Londoner of all things

i think sassys lies are infecting everyone around here

There you have it he is not a British citizen, are you illegally here then, ha ha ha?

Again do you not place Britain before South Africa, being as you claim to be in the Royal Marines?

I find this prudent a point to all your hot air debates about others being loyal to this country, because which ever way you answer, you are fucked ha ha

so you admit you fucked up yet again

very good

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:


There you have it he is not a British citizen, are you illegally here then, ha ha ha?

Again do you not place Britain before South Africa, being as you claim to be in the Royal Marines?

I find this prudent a point to all your hot air debates about others being loyal to this country, because which ever way you answer, you are fucked ha ha

so you admit you fucked up yet again

very good

Fucked up what, that I have you in a trap, where you fail to show where your loyalty lies with which nation ha ha

So you are not a British Citizen, great what is your current status then?

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

so you admit you fucked up yet again

very good

Fucked up what, that I have you in a trap, where you fail to show where your loyalty lies with which nation ha ha

So you are not a British Citizen, great what is your current status then?

you said i was British south African

im not

hence you are wrong and have just been shown that you make things up in the absence of actual fact

unlike quill who can actually admit he made a simple error which anyone can do, you feel the need to carry on making an even bigger cock of yourself with each post

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:

Fucked up what, that I have you in a trap, where you fail to show where your loyalty lies with which nation ha ha

So you are not a British Citizen, great what is your current status then?

you said i was British south African

im not

hence you are wrong and have just been shown that you make things up in the absence of actual fact

unlike quill who can actually admit he made a simple error which anyone can do, you feel  the need to carry on making an even bigger cock of yourself with each post  

I am happy I am wrong you are not a British citizen, if you read I said "if you were" not that you are one dummy ha ha.
Actually if you read I stated you could define yourself however you wanted to, but your status is important at present or in the future, in other words if you stay it would be to become a British citizen would it not?
No doubt I guess you some ancestry here, correct?

Yes again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, Priceless

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:I think we got to smelly, didge.

Maybe we ought to leave him in his solitary cell to contemplate...um, his ugly views.  He is a true Klansman, tho he's still a wimp Brit as a racist.

  


Thing is he is Afrikaan and here is the funny part, he has a British passport and British citizenship, which thus makes him British South African or British Afrikaan in the eyes of the law.


Have fun Quill see you tomorrow

here is where you said that i have a British passport and um a British citizen

this is clearly wrong as you have admitted

 :/pwn://:

Hilarious again I said if, look:

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not.


DOH


Again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, ha ha ha ha


Brilliant

Didge wrote:Hilarious again I said if, look:

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not.


DOH


Again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, ha ha ha ha


Brilliant

Because he is a liar.

Let's ask a simple question: Is he an English speaking SA or Afrikaans speaking SA? Or another kind of speaking SA?

Didge wrote:Hilarious again I said if, look:

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not.


DOH


Again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, ha ha ha ha


Brilliant

well you didn't say that because i just quoted what you did say its above in big red letters

credit where credits due -you got no quit in you

 ://?roflmao?/: ://?roflmao?/: 

David wrote:

Didge wrote:Hilarious again I said if, look:

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not.


DOH


Again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, ha ha ha ha


Brilliant

Because he is a liar.

Let's ask a simple question: Is he an English speaking SA or Afrikaans speaking SA? Or another kind of speaking SA?

so i have to be either or

weird that being from SA yourself you've never come across bilingual saffas

here is a tip on lying - if you're absolutely desperate to do it to make your lame argumnet fit, the DO SOME RESEARCH  ://?roflmao?/: 

smelly_bandit wrote:

David wrote:
Because he is a liar.

Let's ask a simple question: Is he an English speaking SA or Afrikaans speaking SA? Or another kind of speaking SA?

so i have to be either or

weird that being from SA yourself you've never come across bilingual saffas

here is a tip on lying - if you're absolutely desperate to do it to make your lame argumnet fit, the DO SOME RESEARCH  ://?roflmao?/: 

How old are you smelly?

Of course I have heard of them lol. But to be bilingual you have to Be good at both languages! Hahahaha

Still avoiding.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:Hilarious again I said if, look:

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not.


DOH


Again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, ha ha ha ha


Brilliant

well you didn't say that because i just quoted what you did say its above in big red letters

credit where credits due -you got no quit in you

 ://?roflmao?/: ://?roflmao?/: 

I also did say if, which you cannot deny ha ha ha ha ha ha 


Again not once does he state where his loyalties are with, he knows I have him by the ballls

 

David wrote:

Didge wrote:Hilarious again I said if, look:

Thus if you are a British citizen and born south African that makes you in the eyes of the law British South African does it not.


DOH


Again he fails to answer where his loyalties lie, ha ha ha ha


Brilliant

Because he is a liar.

Let's ask a simple question: Is he an English speaking SA or Afrikaans speaking SA? Or another kind of speaking SA?

I know he is a liar David and I bet he has a British passport also, he will deny of course ha ha

David wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

so i have to be either or

weird that being from SA yourself you've never come across bilingual saffas

here is a tip on lying - if you're absolutely desperate to do it to make your lame argumnet fit, the DO SOME RESEARCH  ://?roflmao?/: 

How old are you smelly?

Of course I have heard of them lol.  But to be bilingual you have to Be good at both languages! Hahahaha

Still avoiding.  

Not avoiding

ignoring

Your question is irrelevant to the issue, you may as well be asking me if I like the colour blue

You are no saffa

smelly_bandit wrote:

David wrote:

How old are you smelly?

Of course I have heard of them lol.  But to be bilingual you have to Be good at both languages! Hahahaha

Still avoiding.  

Not avoiding

ignoring

Your question is irrelevant to the issue, you may as well be asking me if I like the colour blue

You are no saffa

Oh I am you little dimwit. I am not going to post a pic of my birth certificate silly little man. Now which community do you belong to then...

David wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

Not avoiding

ignoring

Your question is irrelevant to the issue, you may as well be asking me if I like the colour blue

You are no saffa

Oh I am you little dimwit.  I am not going to post a pic of my birth certificate silly little man.  Now which community do you belong to then...

Your birth certificate will prove nothing

You're behaviour and your ignorance proves everything

smelly_bandit wrote:

David wrote:

Oh I am you little dimwit.  I am not going to post a pic of my birth certificate silly little man.  Now which community do you belong to then...

Your birth certificate will prove nothing

You're behaviour and your ignorance proves everything

Avoiding. Your community? Province? Age?

David wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

Your birth certificate will prove nothing

You're behaviour and your ignorance proves everything

Avoiding.  Your community?  Province? Age?

I'm not the one pretending to be a saffa matey

Don't try and turn the tables on me

You made several fuck ups ready, you claimed that boer means Afrikaans it doesn't

You claimed to speak Afrikaans, you don't

And now because you've been rumbled you're trying to throw up a smoke screen and make out I'm the fake

I lived in both communities all over SA from Northern Transvaal in a little hellhole to the lovely beaches of Durban all the way down to Capetown

Now your turn, what unit were you in??