This past week has just been absolutely amazing. With visiting Goree’ Island, getting to meet very successful Senegalese men and women to having a tour of this city; I am just completely overwhelmed with joy and excitement from all that last week brought. Goree’ Island was definitely the highlight of my week. Getting the privilege to stand on the very ground that my ancestors did, and seeing how they were bound in the tiny rooms in the tiny houses was just an experience that overtakes you. Then actually standing in the “doorway of no return” (which is the doorway all slaves would go through to get on the ships to head to America after being locked in rooms for months) put me in the mindset of a slave and it is an experience that I feel every African-America should have. Our tour guide told us that after being locked up for months, when it was actually time to go through the doorway of no return, a lot of them would jump in the water because they had no clue what was about to happen to them. But most of them would even make it to the water because once you go through the door, there were guards on both sides with guns ready to shoot. Our tour guide also said that around slavery times, the Atlantic Ocean was full of sharks because so many people jumped and died in those waters. But now that slavery is over, all the sharks have died off because they no longer have food. It was truly amazing walking on the same ground that all Africans in the Atlantic slave trade walked on and its an experience I will never forget!
I am soooo excited about the upcoming week and what it is about to bring. I intend on making the most out of my last week here in Africa.
-Tyeisha C.
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