Ghana Slave Trail - Our Ma'afa Journey - Part 2

[optimatus]

How tragic that there are still people who are thinking in terms of inferiority of races. And it's also tragic that these people are showing their big mouth from behind a computer screen. Outside, their courage is pretty low.

[KingsleyEnnis1]

Put the NIGGERS back to work.. Repeal the 13th Ammendment !!

[TheMZLEXUS]

@KingsleyEnnis1...May God forgive for OPENING THAT DIRTY MOUTH OF URES TO INSUKT US..TRUST ME U HAVE JUST BROOUGHT A CURSE UPON URESELF ND U WILL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES BEFORE U DIE...THE MONSTER IS U WILL NEVER FIND PEACE, TRANQUILITY ND BLESSING IN JESUS NAME...nd for ure info AFRICA WILL ALWAYS BE BEAUTIFUL ND KIND..so stop hating..

[KingsleyEnnis1]

Listen up, all you whining NIGGERS. You should all get down on your knees and thank the white man for enslaving your ancesters. Why, you ask ? You are able to read my words and are using a computer.. If not for the white man, you would now be swinging from the nearest tree in ASSFRICA, looking for bananas, or watermelon or WHATEVER. Think about and thank a white person today !!

[zjones1222]

@KingsleyEnnis1 You have no real place in this world an especially not on youtube the only one whining is those Niggers who created that word. What does that tell you about your damn self nigger?

[zjones1222]

Ghana needs to be ashamed of what they caused to the world over and not coming out with the truth years ago. They are responsible just as the Europeans and are heartless people no African people of power are heart in that region. One day soon they will all pay for their transgressions. The Gold coast hidden lie to the descendants of slaves sold out by our own greedy neighbors in Africa.

[koftownbabe]

@zjones1222 whts ur point..? ur lost

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe Akan (Ashante people) present day Ghana sold gold and slaves to Britain mostly of the former Yoruba Empire. My findings come from mutiple sources including a report from BBC. I just wanted to know the truth so that I can end my ancestry search. All the sources led to the Oyo Empire 1400-1905 present day Benin and Ashante 1701-1896 involvement with slaves on the Gold Coast with Portugal.

[Adjei88]

@zjones1222 Is that why there where 6 wars between the british so whilst they were fighting the british they were selling their people at the same time what sort of logic is that,

i laugh at ppl like you, you write your nonsense soo many times to prove what, i wonder what goes through your head

[zjones1222]

@Adjei88 Never will a lie make sense of a movement which afrocentrist have now equated anti-semetic to African diaspora. The whole truth is that some empires were a disgrace particularly those mentioned in my earlier rant, statements and sentences. You were moved to write back so that means you have supporting evidence to prove my finding false?

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 I have to admit it but u're the dumbest person I have encounter when it comes to history. I don't know if u understand what u read or what u claimed as fact are actually a narrated story your family told u repeatedly to make it stick.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah You admit to spelling you are/you're as u're. History is written information that can't lie but people tend to cover up the truth. The information found was the truth to me and it was hard to find. This demagogurery was merely a hunch on my behalf but adventually all the dots created a picture. My research is not accepted but at least looking back it has given me the option of viewing Africa from another angle.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 History can't be changed? damn you're truly stupid. Have you ever heard " history is written by the victors " maybe you heard but didn't understand what it meant. You said " the info found was truth to me and hard to find " I have to applaud you on this one...what a way to prove a liar that you're.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 there's one thing about lying, enslaving, torturing, distorting history but trying to insult our intelligence is another. Don't bring ur eurocentric lies here and try to be one of us cause u're not. I bet u haven't even go from city to city in ur state nor have u move from state to state to go outside the United States or where ever u claim u're to tell us about our past and who we're.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah All of those things meantioned by you with lying, enslaving, torturing doesn't give the full story and the insult is the hidden truth. Benin released more information on this matter more than Ghana so that means that someone is lieing because surf history states slaves came from West Africa. Eurocentric lies would be that all nations of West Africa were involved in Transatlantic trade that was never stated by me here. Your past is not verbal history in riddles solely.

[Bergacquah]

@Adjei88 that ZJONE1222 Neither know what he/she is talking about nor does he/she even believe what he/she is saying.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Now you think your response to the youtube community ends something guess what it hasn't. Something is wrong with you if you think the early gold rush off the coast of West Africa meant slaves were less important in gathering it. Nothing has changed in the world except the location of people but those things that matter most are still being pulled out of the ground at being worth more than the dollar bill.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 my response to youtube community to change your mindset? How can I change your mindset if you're beyond redemption? And please give me a proof because I'm getting tired of your fruitless replies. You presented your case now prove it. And oh don't forget you're yet to admit that you said the Akan people sold slaves and gold to the british.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Your responses to me have been revolting and doesn't deserve a reply; however, investigate on your own. My initial posts provided all the evidence hence all you need to do is perform a simple search in some browser. My mindset is not on you at all. The information from the onset posted by me didn't have a damn thing to do with you. Misinterpretations of Akan people are not going to free you from doing more research on your own for interpretation of these incidents lost in time.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 If you have prove anything in your comments as claimed I wouldn't reply you to prove it. What is there to research about? I asked you to prove your case and you're still tossing me around. You can't prove a thing because your absurd fictitious historical claims is not and will never be supported by any historian.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Last comment to you because apparently don't get me. My original posts struck a nerve with you so you attempted to strike fear in a place where you have no power. Youtube is a place of expression so that is why the comment section avails. When I presented my findings I didn't have to give sources partcularly when there are key phrases within my posts. Why can't you just re-read my ladder posts and research further if you so desire frankly I don't give a damn if you do or not?

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 your comment strike a nerve you say? which one? vise versa may be cause you haven't answered any of my questions directly. Youtube is not a place of expression is a place of sharing ideas, info and so on. Oh don't worry about me I know what I talking about. And you can go on and on but you're due to prove what you said.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Leave me the fuck alone if youtube is not about expression moreso sharing ideals share yours with someone else. Never will I be silenced by someone that has no reason to contact me for sharing uncommon views. Get a life why don't you.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 what part of this video falls in the expression and where I offered to share ideas with you? Where and what did I say to silent you.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah no response here

[zjones1222]

@Adjei88 Why would an African nation apologize for slavery afrocentrist writer?

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 at first wasn't gonna reply to ur absurd story and lies u claim as facts but u need to be put where u belong. First show me your source and proof of your claims the Akan people sold gold and slaves to Britain. From your comments u seem to have no clue or what so ever of what u talking about. I'll prove to u with historic archeology, anthropological facts that not a single word u said is accurate bigot.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Maybe you shouldn't have replied to my absurd story because you admit to something by responding. Never mentioned Akan people sold gold and slaves to British sorry.  Wait, I seem to have no clue or what so ever of what u talking about. My previous sentence was borrowed from your written words and demonstrates you don't know much either. Archeology and the study of humankind bones and religious text what?

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 U are stupid than I thought. How can you borrow a sentence from me if that was the first reply and comment I made on this video?. Everyone who read this thread can see a liar and bigot you're. And as usual you failed to back your lies with evidence. I don't remember saying anything about archeology and religious text on this video. I don't knw anything you say? Well I'll be more than happy to prove to you and everyone in your retarded family that I know more.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 I admit you're ignorant, uncle tom in denial and I responded to prove it. You said u never said the Akan(asantes) people sold gold and slaves to the british. Since you're pretending I'll help refresh your mind go to the next page and tell me what u said there. You see you lie to much that you can't even cover up your lies.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 Once again you've proved a liar that you're. You said you've never said the Akan people sold gold and slaves to the british bam right in the kisser now are going delete this to cover up your lies. Oh and am still waiting for the proof, evidence and sources you claimed backed up your tall tail.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Akan people are a sub-set of Ashanti which speak a language of their own Twi. The name was used for compass purposes of giving location and understanding of the situation. Feel free to attack people you don't know with vile statements so characteristic it speaks volumes of your temperament. You don't desire proof find it yourself, lazy.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 Akan is a subset? feel free to attack people you don't know? I don't desire proof? Akan people consist of (Asantes, Fantes, kwahu, Akuapem, Akyem, Denkyira etc) not the other way round. So the tribes mentioned are subset of Akan. I didn't attacked you rather you attack the Akan people cussing them out with your fictitious history which you're yet to prove.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Not going back and forth in frivolous backing of claims. You need to investigate my finding or just response to this video not me.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 you can't prove it because is a lie. Please next time you go around pointing finger, blaming and insulting people with your own prejudice lies do it with proof of evidence.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Where is your evidence to retract my finding(s)? There is nothing you could possibly comment hereforth on the Oyo or the Ashanti Empires that will change the information of them being envolved as having crops not native to Africa growing in their lands which my ancestors worked to their deaths to harvest. This whole scenario with you is a lack of historical awareness on your behalf which other sources state differently than what is typically accepted as being the truth its the lie.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 Wait Wait Wait, lets be clear you're not mistaken Yoruba with Ashantis right?. And what crops do you say Ashantis have which was not native to Africa which your ancestors (yoruba/oyo) worked to their death to harvest thus being slaves working for the ashantis. It's that what you were implying?

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Henry Louis Gates interviewed Oheneba Adusei Poku on the Ashanti role in the transatlantic slave trade posted on pbs dot org under wonders Episodes Epi3 slash3 underscore retel1. It would not hurt you do so some research before making it seem people are liars prior to researching it for yourself.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 there we go again when I asked a question you jump to the next one thing at a time. let finish with your recent claim that ashantes have crop which is native to africa and your ancestors work to their deaths havesting it.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Yams, among other vegatables you need to do some research person. I am going to offically end this with giving you a link on youtube to end this once and for all. Type in your youtube browser, 'The Slave Kingdoms.' Its a very chilling detail of the situation with use of slaves within transatlantic trade.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 I checked the video out as you suggested but It still didn't answer your claims that ashantis enslaved yoruba people rather is the benin kings that enslave, sacrifice and sold your people. What that documentary don't explain is who were the prisoners of war that ashantis sold. They were their own clan members in the Akan family because they were fighting themselves. Fantes sold asantes,asantes sold fantes and so on

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah You didn't notice from the beginning of documentary 1of6 where Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. visited the Ashanti relatives revisting the fate of the those in the Empire of that time. Yoruba people became mostly transatlantic slaves because their empire lost power to the rise of the Ashanti Empire . The Ashanti took over that region hence the reason Oyo helped in rounding up people from the interior. Britian didn't go into the bush because they didn't know the territory.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 That is your assumption.The Yoruba Empire as acclaimed was actually "Yoruba Kingdoms" which consist of Yagba, Oyo, Benin, Ife, etc. It is recently that Yoruba consider themselves single. Note: Yoruba Empire fall only because they just like the Akans where fighting among themselves as well as native the settlers (civil war) thus depliction their numbers. They were killing and enslaving (prisoners of war) themselves just like the acclaimed Ashanti Empire was infact " Ashanti Kingdoms"

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 cont. The Ga people in Ghana also come from whats today Nigeria. If they're the ones your claiming as Yoruba people maybe. And even the Akans withness their passage through their kingdom to the coastal region. They called them Nkrani "the soldier ants" because of the massive numbers ressembling on of ants. What Gates didn't say how many of the ashantis were captured and sold to the Americas by the help of Fantes,Ga,Ewe etc. Who fought along side the Brits to take Asantes down.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 cont.2 If the Asantes are at war with its other clan members like Akyim, Kwahu, etc and the fantes, who controlled the coastal areas with the Brits then how the hell can an asante bring slaves to sell to the whiteman. The only truth that slip out of Gates mouth was the asantes wouldnt let the Brits come on their territory as a result they used the fantes and all the other tribes and even a regiments from their other british colonies in nigeria, benin, etc.

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe The Ashante Empire is responsible for deporting 3.5 million people mostly compose of the Yoruba. Oyo Empire deported 20,000 people a year during the Trans Atlantic Slave trade. This video is an insult of treatment of people the guide in Ghana state only the strong survived as if the weak didn't matter. Those of African American descent are only 1% West African and 18.7% European. We are more associated with the original Bantu tribe and Yoruba.

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe Cont. This great deception that Africans were stolen from Africa is a lie and I am quiet sure why it was fabricated. It was fabricated because of hurt that Yoruba people sent abroad would feel as being kicked out of their own country by neighbor empires of power. Hopefully other American will stop looking too and accept the facts as I stated we are not West African but Bantu the original genetic heirs of Africa.

[koftownbabe]

@zjones1222 who told u dat fabricated lie...u make ur research based on a story a white man who is responsible for slavery has reported? wow..im surprised..der is evidence for dat..but for me ders no need 2 argue with u cuz it aint gonna get no where..nd who said d bantu r d original africans or whteva u said..dude where did u get ur stories..gosh wht abt d egyptians nd ethiopians..wow ur really lost.where u from?

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe The University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry came up the numbers(ScienceDaily, 2009). Both universites work with 365 African-Americans, 203 people from 12 West African populations and 400 Europeans from 42 countries to provide a genome-wide perspective of African and African-American ancestry. It was concluded 1% of West African, 18.7% European and more associate with Bantu than West African.

[koftownbabe]

@zjones1222 and u sleek enuuff 2 trust them...dats wassup?

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe I am not trying to convince you by any means.

[koftownbabe]

@zjones1222 u knw wht..no need 2 talk cuz its like trying 2 say sumfin 2 some1 who doesnt hear..u need 2 go down der nd experience it 4 urself..here d story nd i doubt u can still hold onto ur philosophy...gud luck

[Bergacquah]

@koftownbabe I can't agree with you more. I tried but ZJONES1222 is either a whitey tryna play with blacks emotions or an uncle tom in denial who is beyond redemption.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah Lets end this conversation because you have nothing to add but conviction(s) another tactic used heavily among those that feed off of instant power. Never once did you read up to dispell my findings but ignorantly responsed with purposeful distractions from the truth. You don't know how to problem solve an incident is a problem and it always is an issue for you so get mad at yourself for not knowing the truth.

[Bergacquah]

@zjones1222 I didn't come on here to spread a lie you did. And if history tells us about anything is your kind (liars) who use lies to divide and conquer race, tribes, family etc to gain power to oppress more others.

[zjones1222]

@Bergacquah This simplistic attempt lacks substances you have some investigating to do on your own.

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe The African gene pool is diverse meaning West Africans are more so mixed with other African tribes than African Americans. African Americans are more prone to high blood pressure, hypertension and diabetes which makes them a unique group of people in America due to their gene structure. On the case of Egypt there is not defining evidence of Black lineage but Nubian not meaning black but race of people.

[zjones1222]

@koftownbabe My point is you spelled what incorrectly. Attack all you want my response touched a nerve.

[hihosilverlining2]

Bless you. I can't imagine going there. I would be crying too...

Anyone with feeling, black or white, would feel the sadness..

But praise God you are free to go there as a tourist and not be there as a slave.

[THATWUSSY]

wow that hand me choked up!!! I cant believe the cruelty of humanity! I hope we the world have all learned a lesson. may we never forget! R.I.P.

[sealie15]

Where is the children's section?

[sealie15]

mumps & yellow fever is from the europeans.

[EJMsMOM]

i've been to this castle while i was in the navy nothing beautiful about this tour nothing but anger and sadness its sad that slavery still exists not only in africa around the world outside of the castle kids are begging for money and the BLACK guards whips them with sticks listen people educate yourselves and lets bring africa back to its roots of greatness before america china and britain destroy this country but we must start within our own communites look around you educate that child

[sootyandsweep]

219790, what arrogant white man is going to BUY slaves from another slave? The cracka went to Africa and strong armed them all.

Anyways your in the US army, so just STFU.

[219790]

africans sold their brother especially from west africa

[munden1971]

Excellent documentary. Ever since President Obama visited this castle, I have a interest in going there. I have some African-American in me and the instant I saw President Obama touring the castle on CNN, I knew that I have to visit this place one day. It is as if my ancestors are telling me to go there to see what they saw and to return to the place they once lived.

[pirell]

well you lot say it was hard not to cry being there and i was balling just watching. i definately want to go there too. its very inspiring. thanks for this.

[misschezelle23]

sooo sad :-(

[Kalydosos]

Very good documentary.

[evette808]

white americans will never understand our plight..I'm in tears just looking at this documentary...I can't wait to get there

[mija2006]

Must be a very oppressive feeling to stand, where it all took place.