Ghana slavery apology: Why many descendants say words are not enough
Performers present a reenactment of the transatlantic slave trade at the Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana [Francis Kokoroko/Reuters]“The best of Africa was taken out of the continent to help grow the civilisation of the new world.
Accra, Ghana – For many descendants of enslaved Africans, a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade is not justice.
Today, in communities across Ghana’s Central Region, including Assin Manso, Cape Coast and Elmina, silence still surrounds families descended from those left behind after slavery.
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