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| Heading to Kunta Kinte island on The River Gambia |
Roots Tour Barra
The Gambia
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January 28th I took a trip to Barra (Kunta kinte island) The Gambia West Africa.
On my World Tour 2013, after a good few nights of shows, partying and hanging out in the hoodie hood, S/O (shout out) Lamin village, and the Sena Gambia Crew.
I've seen Roots the movie as a child and that was a great insight into the inhumanity that used to go on back in the day, but on this day i was going to see with my own eyes, feel and breath the air of the very place the slave trade thrived, many years ago before The British Empire whom owned 50% of the trade fought and abolished in 1807.
I personally know some of my ancestors were indeed captured but managed to defeat the slave traders when they got off the boat in Jamaica to live in the mountains with the native Carib Indian's, as the Maroons, Mandingo's stolen from the mother land.
Speaking of boats we needed to get across the water from Banjul to Kunta kintai island at first I thought a nice boat ride never hurt nobody, its hot we got plenty water, we looking good lets go.
We get to the ferry depot and i was some how convinced to get on big canoe/boat whatever it was it didn't look good it was run by seamen/pirates, hauling goods across the river along with people. I was like, nah this is crazy but seen as I was visiting the slave sites I thought I may aswel envisage a unsafe packed boat ride, similar to the Mandingo's back in the day.
I get on this boat and before long jah know, I'm cussing bad word all kinds of madness is happening a lot of which i was illusive to as I don't understand the local Wolof language, but we cross the river Gambia found a taxi and made are way to Kunta kintai island.
It was hot and we were steady travelling to the spot, where the Portuguese, French and the British used to land to trade and abduct the Mandingo's whom prior to invasion where living in peace and harmony, known as the Mandingo fighting man but due to the alien technologies and knowledge the Mandingo where conquered and extorted.
When we arrived in Barra (Kunta kinte island) which is now a museum we were shown to the buildings built by the French, Portuguese and the English at a time when the Mandingo's lived in grass houses.
Check out pics and more at the drop....Continues......
January 28th I took a trip to Barra (Kunta kinte island) The Gambia West Africa.
On my World Tour 2013, after a good few nights of shows, partying and hanging out in the hoodie hood, S/O (shout out) Lamin village, and the Sena Gambia Crew.
I've seen Roots the movie as a child and that was a great insight into the inhumanity that used to go on back in the day, but on this day i was going to see with my own eyes, feel and breath the air of the very place the slave trade thrived, many years ago before The British Empire whom owned 50% of the trade fought and abolished in 1807.
I personally know some of my ancestors were indeed captured but managed to defeat the slave traders when they got off the boat in Jamaica to live in the mountains with the native Carib Indian's, as the Maroons, Mandingo's stolen from the mother land.
Speaking of boats we needed to get across the water from Banjul to Kunta kintai island at first I thought a nice boat ride never hurt nobody, its hot we got plenty water, we looking good lets go.
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| Chained Father, Mother and Child. Ready to be separated and sent to The West Indies and the USA |
I get on this boat and before long jah know, I'm cussing bad word all kinds of madness is happening a lot of which i was illusive to as I don't understand the local Wolof language, but we cross the river Gambia found a taxi and made are way to Kunta kintai island.
It was hot and we were steady travelling to the spot, where the Portuguese, French and the British used to land to trade and abduct the Mandingo's whom prior to invasion where living in peace and harmony, known as the Mandingo fighting man but due to the alien technologies and knowledge the Mandingo where conquered and extorted.
When we arrived in Barra (Kunta kinte island) which is now a museum we were shown to the buildings built by the French, Portuguese and the English at a time when the Mandingo's lived in grass houses.
Check out pics and more at the drop....Continues......
