 Wherever there are castles that held dungeons that held our people Dungeons should be affixed to the name We're talking about them being taken This is our reality this is not This is the dungeon This is where our ancestors spent months at a time Brother turn that light off, please This was our reality there was no electricity And hundreds hundreds more than two hundred three hundred women were in this dungeon at a time So how can we say? That this is a castle This is your reality. This is my reality. This is the reality of our ancestors First experience and being in Ghana in 1987 and from that visit to these dungeons Truly changed my life. I Knew when I came out of this dungeon that I would never be the same person Currently inside the Cape Coast Castle. I have been to a minor castle I've been to so many slave castles that were built in Africa and sometimes I can't even control myself after hearing What really happened in there? I actually put on social media that I'm not gonna do this videos anymore because I get so emotional that when I get back home This really affects my daily movement because of what I had that day And I think my last video when I did the last bath and then I came to a minor castle And I saw a lot of comment people telling me that what am I it's time to bring a petition For Ghana government to change the name to keep those Dungeons or maybe this this dungeon because we don't have to call them castles and I was like wow that is deep I know you've been living in Ghana for 30 years now, and you've been here. I mean several times I want to know do you think that this place should be called a castle? No, I don't not standing alone Because Calling it a castle Glamorizes What went on here, you know you say castle the average person that comes you know you see looking at a glorious place Something you know glamorous with Kings and Queens and all the rest of that well Kings and Queens of Africa We're not in the castle. So if we're going to Talk about the history if we're going to correct the history Then let us do it properly. Let us call it what it was. I heard your statement about We shouldn't change it blah blah blah because we'll be altering history. Yes, it's not altering the history necessarily, we're talking about Amending it so that the entire truth can be known So my petition is to the Ghana government and to the museums and monuments That says The name Kate So that it says Kate Coast Castle Dungeons or Elmina Castle Dungeons And wherever as far as I'm concerned Wherever there are castles that held dungeons that held our people dungeon should be affixed to the name That as far as I'm concerned is taking the truth To it's it's it's finest finest point now. It's not just me. I have a petition here that Talks about and I call it the transatlantic enslavement Perpetuated by Europeans. Okay, just let me share with you what the petition says It says the transatlantic enslavement perpetuated by Europeans In which Africans were forcibly taken from their homes in the 16th century and thereafter and sent to the Americas and the Caribbean To work as enslaved Africans stands condemned for all times Today those of us at home in Ghana Remember our ancestors common terrible and terrifying history. It is a history of cruelty greed and lament The place we call Ghana today Formed a major pool for the abduction and kidnapping of individuals Families and groups for shipment across the Atlantic To be enslaved But as we enter those major edifices that held our ancestors the signs that greed us say Cape Coast Castle or Elmina Castle, but castles were not our reality Castles was not their realities Dungeons were So we the undecided are there for petitioning the museums and monuments board and the government of Ghana to amend the name of these edifices to read Cape Coast Castle Dungeons and Elmina Castle Dungeons which reflects the whole truth of our collective experience So we're asking everyone to support this Sign the petition and let us make our ancestors proud They put our ancestors in the dungeon Only time that we were taken out of the dungeon was when we were taken up to the governor's mansion Or whoever wanted to use us at the time And when they got finished with us, they threw us back in the dungeons So I say let's make it right. I Have over 1500 Signatures so far of people who agree with that So I'm saying to the government and to the museums and monuments board representing these fifteen hundred people and our ancestors That we should amend the name that's coming you think so the amendment named that you want this Cape Coast Castle Dungeons exactly Exactly because then being in the tourism industry I conduct ceremonies in the castle dungeons. I feed ancestors and the ancestors cry out It's not right. We we were not in castles. I hear them We were in dungeons and that's where we died. That's where we gave birth to babies That's where we did everything until they took us out So calling it the Cape Coast castle Dungeons or the Elmina castle dungeons is the appropriate name for these edifices If you want to say was known I'm at sea when people say well, you know, you're changing. I'm not changing the name I'm not taking away from the fact that it was castles. It was a castle And europeans lived in it so which means it was a castle For the white people the europeans and it was a dungeon for for africans. Thank you very much. It was So if we're telling the truth, then let's let us tell the whole truth So that when people come people come in and they said oh mama amicus This is this is not a castle. This is a dungeon. Why they call it a castle? They make it sound as though, you know, this was some glamorous place that they brought us Let me let me uh before let me um clarify this. Do you think it's also good to make this place a tourist site? Historically Yes, okay What else would you call it anytime you have visitors coming from outside going on tours? They're coming here. So it's part of tourism It's also part of the history of our people which had not been told in the past It's like kind of glossed over Yes, as many people as possible. I don't care where they came from in the world Need to go down into those holes so they can see what was done to african people Um, you know what we're gonna do right now all you need to do Is to share this video on any social media you have i'm gonna put the link to the For the petition in the description box go From anywhere in the world We want them to sign so it's not about uh if i'm a curse it's about all of us Who are thinking the same way? I'm just a representative. I am a servant That's my job So if you believe that or if you think that the name should be changed to keep coast castle dungeon Or emina castle dungeon just go go to the description box go find the link there Click on it and make sure you sign in and let's hope that the name will change as soon as possible I think like you've been with me the whole of today and I want to say thank you so much It's been my pleasure, but you see how the ancestors work I saw your video talking about castle and not changing. I was like what I gotta find that guy I gotta talk to him. What is he talking about? So I was looking for you and so and I had just seen your video the day before So I was determined. I said now i'm gonna find out where this guy is Okay, while i'm looking for you the phone rings and who is it on the phone, but you looking for me So you see the ancestors are working Exactly. Let me put these people together So thanks for the power of the hands. Thank you so much. Oh darling. I love you so much