 Grandma do you know that I'm the happiest guy on it right now? No, why? You know, I've been preaching about one Africa one Africa different countries one Africa and seeing one Africa representing right here in Cape Coast It's something that makes my heart rejoice. You see I'm maybe wearing my t-shirt Africa to the world. I might be taking a t-shirt I Just want to know why the name one Africa in here Well, hmm. I really can't take all the credit for one Africa When I lived in America, I used to be a clown My name was peanut butter the African-American clown and I wore a flaming red wig or green wig long gold eyelashes big glasses size 18 Nike sneakers and Kind of a cloth jumpsuit and I carried a boombox Stevie Wonder singing happy birthday to you because I used to entertain children at birthday parties, but I did Educational clowning we talked about Africa talked about African people and I never painted my face white because white faced You know conjured up Ku Klux Klan people wearing white sheets Scaring the crap out of us and I really wasn't trying to scare the children and so when I came to Ghana my king man And I came and I was Invited to do a party Now my king man Really special person Nana Kofu. We call him the pipe pipe of the diaper set that's because he loved children and children love him and You know, you'd have to see our grandchildren and our nieces and nephews You know, he'd walk in the room all the children be like Like oh, they're so happy to see Nana. I mean, he's the only man I know that would take Five children on his honeymoon, which is what he did He took five of our children our daughter or niece our granddaughter our son On our honeymoon, so I call them the pipe pipe of the diaper set so they were having this party in Cape Coast and You know, I got dressed and I had all these balloons and my balloons are always either red black and green or The favorite colors of the child who I'm going to the party for so we get to the party About 75 kids are there and everybody is, you know around the clown and so We were like in a valley And these children Seeing the balloons and the party going on. I'm like whoa party. They ran down the hill Okay, it started climbing over the wall, you know gonna have people like get out get out Co-co-co. So my son's like no no no no don't leave them, but they're not invited to the party So it's okay. Everybody can be here. You know, he said we don't need to fight. We're one Africa. All right, so Getting the children to calm down. You know these things like you could sit on the wall, but you know, just you have to be cool Because we're one Africa. He said I'm one Africa. You are one Africa. Let me hear you say that So the kids say say one Africa one Africa say it again. What Africa say it again one Africa Sure enough the children started one Africa one half and they started rocking it one Africa one Africa So we had a real thing going there so when the party was over and You know I was and kept reinforcing to them that we are one African people. I'm your brother. That's your sister We're one Africa and we have to treat each other like that. Do you understand kids said that they understood So we went home, but we live in Elmina and the party was in Cape Coast So we go back to town a week later And we run into some children and they go one Africa So I was left. He said all right got that every child that we saw Said one Africa and the parents, you know, ask you what is this one Africa and the children being able to explain to the Parent that I'm one Africa. You are one Africa That's one Africa. So One Africa stuck so to show you how it really stuck I Took a group through Cape Coast and everywhere I go people say one Africa one Africa, you know Only one so this lady said why do they keep calling you one Africa? I see because they think that's my name She's gone. Please like this like she didn't believe that so I said, okay So next young man, I saw I say, hey brother brah come here young man. I said, do you know me? He said yes, I said, what's my name? He said Mrs. One Africa So it all my papers my receipts It saved one Africa when I go into the store and I say can I get a receipt and they say yes They write one Africa. So it's like don't nobody know my name if you came to town and said I'm looking for I'm a cuz they wouldn't know who you were talking about. But if you said one Africa from the airport To here they'll find me. I've seen six six touch houses in here Well, tell us about I call them chalets only because you don't know in my people Coming from America and other places. I told them that you know one told to come and stand hut They might not want to come so you're kind of enticing but the thing is that we have created a village Because I mean we're coming to Africa. It doesn't mean that we are not advanced. I mean we got Beautiful high-rise buildings and all the rest of that, but when we come out of the city We're rushing, you know, just going like this all the time. So we created an environment of A traditional African village with amenities true. We don't have hot water You know, I'm preparing you for the revolution. Are they gonna have hot water in the revolution at all, okay? Are they gonna have TV during the revolution? I doubt it. Are they gonna have AC? Are they gonna have Wi-Fi? So right, so I'm giving you none of that So that you come into an environment where you can be peaceful You can spend time getting into yourself of selves because we don't take that time in America I our idea of relaxation is coming home putting feet up and turning on the TV and listening to the blues Who got murdered? Who's cheating? Who? Those kind of things we have HD. We're right here on the Gulf of Guinea Peaceful We have the best food that you will eat in Ghana. I mean our cooks are off the charts and One Africa is a very special spiritual place We are situated between two major edifices that held our ancestors the Elmina castle dungeons to the west of us The Cape Post castle dungeons to the east of us and we're right in the middle We're at the center of the earth Zero degrees latitude and zero degrees long the two What better place to be? so the other really good thing about one Africa and Our huts or chalets is that all of our chalets are named after ancestors John Henry Clark Marcus Garvey Yeah, Santua Harry Royce Tubman Malika El Shibaz Queen Mother more than we go on the other side Isis and Osiris Egoon and Motet and Zynga So it's a special spiritual place and we honor those ancestors So in each one of the chalets There are it's almost like a museum and pictures of the characters with Information about them so that you know who you spent the night Continues to tell the story of us as African people not just From America but from the continent it's an opportunity for us to get to know one another We have all kind of people come here people come from China Japan Germany India wherever We introduce them to who we are Where we have been and where we're going and so we talk about We have great African thinkers men great African thinkers women we talk about Traditional rulers we talk about African people's place in the scripture religion We pay tribute to Tuskegee airmen and we have several altars around in which we pay tribute to the ancestors And there's a lot of stuff in here that some people have never ever seen or they they're like Oh, I didn't know that really Okay Now give you a quick example for example when we talk about Being an American I always say that I'm not an American citizen I'm an amendment to the constitution because when the constitution was written it didn't include me They amended the constitution number one and if I'm really an American citizen Why is it that every 25 years the voters rights bill gets reviewed to determine whether or not I will continue to be able to vote That's real And a lot of people that come in here don't know that Okay, we have a beautiful picture over here. It was painted by a 14-year-old A masterpiece and African did that and people like whoa Yeah, so it's here to share. It's not about putting down what anybody believes you can believe what you want to believe You want to be Catholic Baptist Buddhist atheist, whatever? But let us first and foremost not forget Who it is that we are as African people One African all the time And one Africa I've been seeing the African colors. I've been seeing the red And also the pan-African colors. Right. Why are you representing African colors in here? Because it's one Africa because I'm an African. I mean I don't want a red white blue flag in here. I don't want the flag of the Confederacy in here You know, I want to honor us As much as I can for as long as I can until as dr. Clark said My clock stops ticking Right now my clock is moving kind of fast, you know, clock generally goes tick to tick my clock is going zip So for as long as I have breath of life I will continue to promote one Africa and encourage as many of our people as possible To come home to Africa Come and see for yourself that Africa all of Africa is not a nightmare But it is a trend and I've written a book Excuse me. In fact, I have two books One is called returning home in needs and but it sure is a blessing The other one is called a babio He or she who is away and has returned which is an anthology because we have to write our own history If we don't write our own history somebody else is going to come along and write what they think We did We're writing what we actually do Before I let it go Um, I want to know do you think one Africa is going to happen anytime soon in terms of like, um, we all in Africa, right? Yes, do you believe that one Africa is going to happen anytime soon? I believe that we're moving I know That we're moving in that direction Um, you taking a look at what it is that we've been through Over all of these years More and more I see us coming together the mere fact that so many of us are coming from the diaspora coming home Ghana is the gateway to Africa That doesn't mean that everybody's supposed to stay in Ghana because you can go to the gambia You can go to Rwanda. You can go to Kenya. There are a lot of places But so we're here to say that yeah, you should come home and explore and invest in Africa if we invest in Air Jordans and all the rest of that Why not invest in Africa? So I say come home and do that and be a part of the future of Africa Because I still believe that Africa is the future and um, if we come together I was one Africa would be great that because even now the entire world depends on us. Of course, right? So we should be dependent on ourselves But I'll tell you like my brother said my brother was an elder Rastaman He called him and Bargo shorty always told us when you said I believe he said no belief is a doubt I know That Africa will become one In Swahili, we say Pamoja Milale Say it again. Pamoja. Pamoja. Milale. Milale. Thank you so much grandma. Thank you Oh, no, no I'll touch your hand. No, okay. Wow Boom please