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00:00Over 20 years ago, I was based in South Africa.
00:05Reporting from across the continent for the BBC.
00:08It's Big Papa, here's the news.
00:10It was an unforgettable experience.
00:13Roll up, roll up the...
00:15Best lamb in Marrakesh!
00:17But I've always wanted to come back.
00:19Milter!
00:20And find out more about the Africa...
00:25We rarely see on TV.
00:26One mistake, I'll clap you.
00:28Oh my, what?
00:29I better...
00:30Can't make a mistake then.
00:32Now, I'm travelling across this fast...
00:34Con...
00:35Continent to discover why life can feel so much bigger and bolder here than ever.
00:40Anywhere else on earth.
00:41I'll be uncovering some deep family roots.
00:44You have run...
00:45From Africa.
00:46I knew I was a warrior...
00:47Yes!
00:48God!
00:49And getting the chance to...
00:50Live life local style.
00:51Woo!
00:52As I...
00:55Experience the speed.
00:56Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
00:57The sights.
00:58Cheers!
01:00Check out that view.
01:01And the soul.
01:02And the soul.
01:03And the soul.
01:04And the soul.
01:05Of this vibrant and varied land.
01:08Oh, look at that.
01:09Animals crossing the road.
01:10Join me on my African adventure.
01:15To get you.
01:16Hey beautiful, I think.
01:17Go.
01:18You're welcome to your life.
01:19For the last visit we havemeraCKETSca.
01:21Join me on our online tour.
01:22We'll see you next time.
01:23We'll see you next time.
01:24We'll see you next time.
01:25농瞳 is off.
01:26There's two grand fun Southernpet discs.
01:27Think of it.
01:28We'll see you next time.
01:29We'll be going to videota fishermen on our search.
01:30And the soul.
01:31And the soul.
01:32And the soul.
01:34Honey, for the faktors.
01:35The heart.
01:37Hilarious.
01:38The soul.
01:39Makes a sou.
01:40The soul.
01:41The soul.
01:41The soul.
01:42The soul.
01:43The soul.
01:43The soul.
01:43out from ghana's capital city accra along its famous coastline so the towns of
01:48cape coast and elmina where i'll be digging deeper into this nation's story
01:53and my own family roots
01:58these harbor communities have a distinctly real
02:03relaxed vibe from their centuries-old fishing traditions to their war
02:08and welcoming people
02:12while i'm here i'll be throwing
02:13myself into one of ghana's most exciting and noisy tribal
02:18celebrations
02:22making some new friends
02:23at a traditional naming ceremony i'm excited to be renamed
02:28renamed with an african name yes i think i deserve it it's about time
02:33and later i'll be hanging out with an up-and-coming drill artist
02:38but first there's some extremely bleak history that i must confront
02:43in the future
02:48okay
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02:48Coast Castle, a 500-year-old fort that's now a UNESCO World Heritage
02:53site may look picture-perfect today, but it hides a very...
02:58...dark past.
03:03Half a century ago, my mum and dad left their home island of Jamaica for the UK.
03:08To build a better life for me and my siblings.
03:13A couple of centuries before that, my ancestors would have been transported from Africa to
03:18the Caribbean as part of the transatlantic slave trade, the biggest...
03:23...forced migration in history.
03:26Before leaving the UK, I did...
03:28...one of those DNA tests.
03:30Now, they're not entirely scientific, but...
03:33...the results did suggest that my ancestors came from somewhere near here.
03:37The area formerly...
03:38...known as the Gold Coast.
03:43Between the 16th and 19th centuries...
03:48...it's estimated that 12.5 million African people were enslaved and...
03:53...sent across the Atlantic.
03:54Brother Clash!
03:57Brother Clash!
03:58Hey.
03:59Hey!
04:00Good to see you.
04:01Good to see you.
04:02All right.
04:03Good to see you, all right.
04:05Hi there.
04:06Hi there.
04:03Maurice Cheetham from Detroit in the US, but now living in Ghana, organizing...
04:08...is tours for African Americans, and I'm joining one today.
04:12Maurice, you actually...
04:13...we help people from around the world come and find out a little bit more about their ancestry in a place like that.
04:18Help is a strong word. I think I'm just part of a journey is, and a part of...
04:23...of a vessel that helps them meet their history. And with that, it's such a strong connection.
04:28I'm trying to develop brothers and sisters through this, and they educate me as well.
04:32But it really is a...
04:33...thing as such, isn't it, for African Americans to want to sort of trace their roots...
04:37...sort of...
04:38...back here, would you say?
04:39We feel like that's something that was stolen from us, and so we need to come...
04:43...back to West Africa and reconnect with our past.
04:46Yeah, I think us in America...
04:48...in the West Indies and the Caribbeans have more of a unique experience when it comes to this...
04:53...in the Atlantic slave trade in Africa, versus other people in the diaspora. Just knowing about how...
04:58...it was navigated. That's more the reason why I think more Americans, Black Americans, Caribbeans...
05:03...do come.
05:04Because the vast majority of Afro-Britains, we call them...
05:08...black people in the UK.
05:09Right.
05:10Uh-huh.
05:11Their parents and uncles and aunties...
05:13...whatever, they would have come from the Caribbean.
05:15Mm-hmm.
05:16So that's the link here with West Africa.
05:18Before transportation to the Americas, including the Caribbean...
05:23...many West Africans were brought to this prison, one of a series of slave forts...
05:28...long Ghana's Gold Coast. Jeremiah is the resident historian.
05:33The Cape Coast castle, it has been described as a concentration...
05:38...where captured enslaved Africans were kept. So this is the...
05:43...and then the youngest castle we have here in Ghana.
05:46So we throw down the youngest?
05:47Yes.
05:48Right.
05:49So Cape Coast castle, as we've seen today, it wasn't...
05:53...built at a goal. It was built bit by bit. So it took them approximately three...
05:58...hundred years to complete the whole edifice.
06:03On this beautiful day, overlooking the Atlantic, it's difficult to imagine the...
06:08...horrors that were perpetrated here.
06:13But...
06:13...where the reminders of what happened in centuries past are all around us.
06:18So this is a male slave dungeon. It was designed to held as...
06:23...as many as thousand men in here for a period of time. They were not...
06:28...allowed to move outside. It has been estimated that one-third of the...
06:33...captives will lose their lives in here before the arrival of the slaves.
06:38An excavation project that tested the ground on which...
06:43...I'm now standing, yielded some truly horrifying results.
06:49What do you see on the ground now contains...
06:53...humans...
06:53...human feces...
06:54...blood...
06:55...vomit...
06:56...leftover food?
06:57...
06:58...saliva...
06:59...urine...
07:00...tears...
07:01...human flesh...
07:02...sweat...
07:03...
07:03...that has been mixed up together...
07:05...which it has solidified...
07:07...and then turned into...
07:08...as black as we are seeing now. So this...
07:10...it is not the original flaw of the dungeon.
07:13How do you feel...
07:14...being in here? You...
07:16...conduct these tours for all...
07:18...of us...
07:19...you've been doing this for how long?
07:21For 13 years now.
07:22How do you...
07:23...you feel?
07:24It is very depressing to be doing this...
07:25...each and every day...
07:26...because the history itself...
07:28...it is sad enough...
07:30...so the more you keep repeating it...
07:32...each and every day...
07:33...you become depressed.
07:35It's horrific.
07:36I just can't believe that humans are capable...
07:38...of subjecting other human beings...
07:40...to stuff like this.
07:41No matter how many times I...
07:43...come here...
07:44...I get sad.
07:45You know, it's always a different experience...
07:46...when you come here...
07:47...you can feel the ancestors.
07:48...pulling at you.
07:49What was the resistance like?
07:51Because...
07:52...I can't imagine my...
07:53...ancestors didn't put up a fight.
07:55So those who are in the dungeon...
07:57...that kept on fighting...
07:58...for their freedom...
08:00...anybody that was seen in that act...
08:02...will be taken from this...
08:03...and he'll be placed inside a condemned cell.
08:06While in the condemned cell...
08:08...in less than 72 hours...
08:10...you're not gonna survive in that.
08:13Many people...
08:17...never made it out...
08:18...to forts like this one.
08:21Those who did survive the dungeon...
08:23...were brought to ships...
08:24...waiting in the neighbouring harbour.
08:27They lost contact...
08:28...with Africa.
08:29They lost their names.
08:30They lost their identity.
08:32That is the door.
08:33...of no return.
08:34Enslaved Africans...
08:36...who went through this door...
08:37...they never...
08:38...had an idea...
08:39...as to where...
08:40...they were taking them to.
08:43So how many people...
08:44...are we talking about...
08:45...that would have...
08:46...passed through these gates...
08:48...through these doors...
08:49...during the period of...
08:51...the slave trade?
08:52All right, so...
08:53...from this very castle...
08:54...it was a little above...
08:55...three million.
08:56Three million.
08:57From this very castle.
08:58...alone.
08:59Why don't we destroy...
09:00...these castles?
09:01We need not to destroy it.
09:02We need not to destroy it.
09:03...it should be there.
09:04So that once...
09:05...we tell the history...
09:06...we can use this...
09:07...as reference.
09:08...and in that case...
09:09...people can relate...
09:10...better.
09:11I've spent my...
09:13...the whole life...
09:14...reporting on...
09:15...the inhumanity.
09:18...of human beings...
09:19...to fellow human beings.
09:21But this...
09:22...this is personal.
09:23Yeah.
09:24You know?
09:25And if this place...
09:26...wasn't here...
09:28...I wouldn't know.
09:29Hundreds of years...
09:31...after a direct relative...
09:33...of mine...
09:34...was taken...
09:35...through this door...
09:36...or one just like it.
09:37I'm walking...
09:38...through...
09:39...of my own free will.
09:43Do we acknowledge...
09:45...that our ancestors...
09:47...that were stolen?
09:48...we're the strongest.
09:50For those who made it...
09:51...to the Americans...
09:52...who made it to the...
09:53...the Caribbean...
09:54...I can assure you...
09:55...they're extremely strong.
09:56That is the only reason...
09:57...they can't...
09:58...and make it there.
10:00And on this note...
10:01...I would want to say...
10:02...Aqua...
10:03...to you all...
10:04...for returning...
10:05...back...
10:06...to the motherland again.
10:07So you see...
10:08...Madassi.
10:09...Madassi.
10:10Unlike my ancestors...
10:12...I now have...
10:13...the privilege...
10:14...of walking back...
10:15...through this door.
10:18...oh yeah.
10:19I do a great...
10:21...ers suppose...
10:22... holding because of...
10:23...but really foolishly...
10:24... partes...
10:25...mprezy...
10:26...hey...
10:27... here...
10:28...well...
10:29...you know...
10:30...啦...
10:31... I forgot...
10:32...not...
10:33...라고.
10:34...bel...
10:35...其 you and...
10:37...you know...
10:37...you know...
10:38...that's right...
10:39We've traveled a short distance along the
10:44coast of the town of Elmina, where Maurice has asked us all to dress in
10:49white clothing.
10:52We're here to take part in a
10:54traditional naming ceremony in which we'll be given our ancestral names.
10:59So this is the last day of Clive.
11:01Last day of Clive.
11:02That's going to be interesting.
11:03I know.
11:04You have to change the name of the show.
11:07We'll have to change the name of the show.
11:09I'm sure of that.
11:14The ceremony is conducted by the elders.
11:19We are the spiritual leaders of the Fanti tribe, a
11:22people who've lived along this coast for
11:24centuries.
11:26They make quite an entrance.
11:29I know.
11:33I'm sure you know,
11:34If I hold a fruit, say a mango fruit, you know that...
11:39...it is a mango fruit, but it is coming from a mango tree.
11:44That mango tree is also important.
11:49Because of the roots that come under the mango tree.
11:54So if you want a name, mango, it should come from...
11:59...a family. And a family has a root.
12:03That is our...
12:04The new titles will be given are made up of three...
12:09...distinct parts.
12:10The first two are determined by our gender and our day of birth.
12:14Then the elders assign a unique name that encapsulates some...
12:19...a personal attribute they believe we each possess.
12:22So Crystal, you are called...
12:24...the word...
12:25...mami...
12:26...ekwa...
12:27...praba.
12:28Praba means...
12:29...flowing...
12:29...water.
12:30You take flowing water for granted, but it is deep.
12:34Hmm...
12:35...I wonder what mine will be.
12:36Then we have...
12:37...Abacan...
12:38...for...
12:39...Cl...
12:39...alive.
12:40So Abacan means...
12:41...worthy.
12:42Wealthy.
12:43It is not richness.
12:44You are wealthy.
12:45You are wealthy.
12:46Because you have good health.
12:47You have knowledge.
12:49You have richness...
12:51...in everything that you have to do.
12:54...so that you give to others.
12:55You can't give to others what you don't have.
12:59With our African names revealed...
13:03...it is now time...
13:04...to formally accept them...
13:05...by imbibing...
13:06...a local liquor...
13:07...called Akpetashi.
13:09...made with either palm wine...
13:10...or sugar cane...
13:11...and offering up a prayer to the gods.
13:14Welcome to this family.
13:18My full title...
13:19...is Papa Kojo Abaca...
13:21...and I like the sound of that.
13:24I think everyone's delighted...
13:26...to have reconnected...
13:27...with their family roots.
13:29...Papa Kojo.
13:30Kojo Abaca.
13:31Yeah.
13:32The Papa bit though...
13:33...means I'm old.
13:34...I'm not sure what my mum would think though...
13:36...she'd call me Clive Augustus Miley.
13:38You know what I mean?
13:39So...
13:42But I'm a reporter, right?
13:43So I'm gonna have to now...
13:44...and I'll say...
13:45...Papa Kojo Abaca...
13:46...BBC News...
13:47...Ghana.
13:48Yeah!
13:49That works!
13:50You gotta come in with...
13:51...Big Papa!
13:52Oh!
13:53Okay!
13:54Okay!
13:55Big...
13:54...Papa!
13:55...BBC News...
13:56...Ghana!
13:57Yeah!
13:58That works!
13:59It's Big Papa!
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14:27No one personifies this better than...
14:32Almeena's new rising star of hip-hop,
14:35who's shooting his new music video...
14:37down by the Benya River.
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15:19Y'all said
15:24Hey, Mr. Clive!
15:29How are you?
15:30I'm good.
15:31I'm good.
15:32Welcome.
15:33That is a serious...
15:34Serious song, man.
15:35Serious song.
15:36I call this Hope.
15:37You call it Hope?
15:38Hope, yeah, the title of the song.
15:39Yeah?
15:40What kind of Hope?
15:41Yeah, like, we're just hoping for the Bears.
15:43Like, we've been...
15:44Going through a lot because of the reason why we're doing music is for us.
15:49To be heard.
15:50So why are you filming the video here on the bank of the river?
15:53Yeah, yeah.
15:54This is about me.
15:55It's not what I'm preaching.
15:56It's not about flashy kind of stuff.
15:58Right.
15:59The slams and all that.
16:01Reality.
16:02You get it.
16:03So this is basically the...
16:04Because this is the town that I grew.
16:06Yeah.
16:07I was born and raised, so...
16:08Yeah.
16:09I decided, yo...
16:09Everything around here depicts something.
16:11So let me just shoot it here because...
16:14Every little thing here...
16:16Got something to tell you.
16:17And...
16:18You sort of...
16:19Yeah, Elmina.
16:20You rap in what language?
16:21Yeah, yeah.
16:22In Fanti.
16:23In Fanti?
16:24Yeah.
16:24In Fanti.
16:25Okay.
16:26I do a bit English and a bit PG.
16:28Right, okay.
16:29I just want to promote my language that is the Fanti.
16:31So how do you describe the music then?
16:33Is it...
16:34Is it rap?
16:35Is it...
16:36You know, is it old school hip hop or what?
16:38Yeah.
16:39I would say, like, it's a hip hop.
16:40Hip hop?
16:41Yeah, it's a hip hop.
16:42Like, just jumping on hip hop beatle to tell my...
16:44story or trying to print a picture of a painful aspect of life to my people.
16:48So, you should...
16:49I'm shooting the video here.
16:50Yeah.
16:51Very earthy, very real, very Ghanaian.
16:52Yeah, true.
16:53I don't know if you'd be happy to...
16:54Join us.
16:55What, in the video?
16:56Yeah, in the video, yeah.
16:57You're gonna have to choreograph me.
16:58For real?
16:59In the whole thing, man.
17:00For real, I got you.
17:01Okay.
17:02I got you.
17:03You just got it.
17:04Vibe to the beat.
17:05Vibe to the beat.
17:06Vibe to the beat.
17:07Where if I hit you hard and you go like, mmm.
17:09Oh, yeah.
17:09We get it.
17:10Show a bit of attitude.
17:11Okay.
17:12For real.
17:13That works.
17:14That works.
17:14So, we can do this.
17:15Yeah, we can do this.
17:16Let's do this.
17:17Come on.
17:18Come on.
17:19Let's do this.
17:20Come on, man.
17:19Come on.
17:20Let's do this.
17:21I need to hit.
17:22Hit.
17:23Hit.
17:24Hit.
17:25Well, this is a first for me.
17:26I'm about to make an appearance in a hip-hop video.
17:29Just act cool, Clive.
17:31Just act cool.
17:32Just act cool.
17:34Yeah.
17:35Yeah.
17:36Yeah.
17:37Yeah.
17:38Yeah.
17:39Boyce, now you lying on the streets.
17:41Your comments in your drone.
17:42I saw Boyce, he keep his teeth.
17:44I'm not sure about the United fans, but...
17:47I'm not sure about the United fans, but...
17:49Hey!
17:50Hey!
17:51Hey!
17:52Hey!
17:53Hey!
17:54Hey!
17:56Hey!
17:57Hey!
17:58Hey!
17:59Hey!
18:00Hey!
18:01Hey!
18:02I'm not certain of all the words here, because...
18:04we're mixing languages. But it all seems positive and upbeat. It's a great vibe.
18:09Go Clive! Go Clive! Go Clive!
18:14Go Clive! Go Papa! Go Papa!
18:19Go Papa! Go Papa! Go Papa!
18:24Go Papa!
18:29Go Papa!
18:34Go Papa!
18:39It's a beautiful morning in Elmina and I'm continuing my journey to discover my
18:44roots.
18:49Ghana is made up of about a hundred tribes and ethnic groups.
18:54I can't be sure exactly which ones my ancestors were part of, but they share a lot of
18:59values.
19:01Morning.
19:02Like a focus on family and community.
19:04That I admire.
19:05The people in this area are the Fanti and they have a lot of
19:09long story tradition of flag making, which represents the community's identity.
19:14wealth and prowess.
19:18Isaac.
19:19Yeah.
19:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:20Hey Clive!
19:21Hey!
19:22How are you doing?
19:23You alright?
19:24Good to see you.
19:24And you've got flags everywhere.
19:25Look at these.
19:26It's as we're going to all.
19:27They're a thick knife.
19:28It says we're going to all.
19:29They're thick knife.
19:29So they're taking, they're taking machetes or knives.
19:33Yes.
19:34We're going to the bush.
19:35Into the bush?
19:36Yeah.
19:37They're cutting the trees.
19:38I see.
19:39These are known as Asafo flags after the traditional
19:44warrior group that many Fanti are part of.
19:47Sa meaning war.
19:49And fo meaning people.
19:50That's right.
19:51Yeah.
19:52It's for you.
19:53That's for you.
19:54It's for me.
19:55Yeah.
19:56Really?
19:57Yeah.
19:58It's for you.
19:59It's beautiful.
20:00It's beautiful.
19:59Because of course there's Jamaica in the corner.
20:01Jamaica.
20:02And Ghana.
20:03Ghana that's linked between.
20:04The two countries.
20:05Two countries.
20:06Yeah.
20:07Oh, thank you so much.
20:08Is that me in the middle there?
20:09Yeah.
20:10This one said.
20:11With the trumpet?
20:12It's a gun.
20:13Oh, it's a gun?
20:14Yeah.
20:15It's not a trumpet.
20:14It's a gun.
20:15Oh, dear.
20:16Oh, dear.
20:17But I'm a lover not a fighter, man.
20:19They may depict frightening scenes, but these days they are simply symbolic.
20:24Representations of the warrior culture that is so important here.
20:30So I don't see a sewing machine.
20:31Are you doing it all by hand?
20:32Yeah.
20:33Everything is used in my hand.
20:34No machine.
20:35No machine at all?
20:36Yes, yes.
20:37Oh, can I help?
20:38I feel bad.
20:39You're doing...
20:39You're doing this for me?
20:40Yeah.
20:41I want to give you a hand.
20:42Yes.
20:43Okay, what can I do?
20:44Okay.
20:44Now, I wouldn't say I'm a natural, but my mother...
20:49My mom was a seamstress who made shirts for Marks & Spencer.
20:52So somewhere deep in my DNA...
20:54I've got this.
20:56So we're going to stitch it together.
20:58Yes.
20:59A bit of yellow thread?
21:00Yes.
21:01So you're just going along maybe a centimeter...
21:04These are parts.
21:05Each stitch.
21:06each stitch okay so i don't think my stitch
21:11rate per minute is going to work for isaac's schedule i'm performing a very
21:16important job here holding the fabric so that it's straight
21:21and not being lazy
21:21am i isaac no a man who
21:26wishes to join a sappho or fante groups must design and commission a new
21:31flag from a local maker like isaac
21:36i'm so excited to have this special
21:41piece for the next step of my journey so the finished product
21:46yes i'm finished yeah there's some stitching down there that looks really really
21:51good was that me yes okay
21:56thank you so much that's amazing absolutely amazing brilliant
22:01i am
22:06so so proud thank you so much take care my brother thank you
22:11bye bye good bye
22:16bye
22:21bye
22:23with my flag in my hand i've come to a part of town where the
22:26fanti have their compound and i've been told to dress in red as it holds a special
22:41you
22:31significance and will help to introduce me to the group
22:36my voice i can hear them and they're a gun shot
22:40i wasn't expecting
22:41i wasn't expecting that
22:45these days men
22:46the members of the fanti tribe are mostly christian with some muslims in the mix too
22:58they're a part of their belief system time to unfurl mine
23:03they're a part of their belief system time to unfurl mine
23:06what do you think
23:06what do you think
23:06what do you think
23:08what do you think do you like it
23:09yeah
23:09yeah good
23:09yeah good
23:11see another approval
23:12fantastic
23:13I got it.
23:17That's it.
23:18I got it.
23:20I got it.
23:23I got it.
23:25I got it.
23:28I got it.
23:29I got it.
23:30I got it.
23:33I got it.
23:35I got it.
23:36I got it.
23:37I got it.
23:38I got it.
23:39I got it.
23:40I got it.
23:41I got it.
23:42I got it.
23:43I got it.
23:44Uncle Ibo is the community historian.
23:48My brother.
23:49Yes.
23:50Oh, just this afternoon, you walk in into.
23:53My brother was trying.
23:55And you have come with this beautiful flock.
23:58With so many designs, please can you explain what is in
24:03the flag and the meaning and why you brought this flag to the Asafo group.
24:08Thank you for welcoming me here to the shrine, my ancestors.
24:13We are from somewhere in West Africa.
24:16We think from Ghana.
24:18And this flag represents my connection.
24:23To my ancestors here in West Africa.
24:28They tell us a lot of our ancestors were taken away into slavery.
24:33So once again, when you are back into your ancestry world.
24:38Once again, we welcome you.
24:40We welcome you.
24:41We welcome you.
24:42Yes.
24:53I honestly did not expect to get so emotional.
24:57Feels like I'm home.
25:04My flag representing all those people in Jamaica who may have come from Ghana.
25:08That is now on a separate poll.
25:10The deities have been told that we're on our...
25:13our way that we're heading into battle.
25:16And off we go.
25:18Your flag as you are coming to clarification.
25:23Thank you, Of Allah .
25:23We aren't literally heading into battle, of course, this march through the town of El
25:28Mina is ceremonial and will stop to honour various deities.
25:33So we're heading to the shrine now, and this is where, during war...
25:38In the warrior times, when there were lots of wars going on here, and the fancy people were at war, they would consult an...
25:43...who would guide them as to the strategy and the tactics when they go into battle.
25:48In the war! In the war! In the war!
25:53In the war! In the war! In the war! In the war!
25:58So this woman has a magical...
26:03...stool that she's carrying on her head, and she represents the oracle.
26:08And the idea is that wherever the woman goes, that is the direction in which the...
26:13...the battle will run!
26:18In the war! In the war! In the war! In the war!
26:23In the war! In the war! In the war!
26:26They all are telling the public!
26:28Yes!
26:29We are the men!
26:30We are the men!
26:31We are the men!
26:32This is our land!
26:33You go!
26:34Yes!
26:35We're in control!
26:36Yes!
26:37Yes!
26:38Yes!
26:39It's our land!
26:40The men with women !
26:43And it's so humbling to see my flag being waved with so much energy
26:48passion and skill.
26:53After a long march,
26:58through the town,
26:59we arrive at our final destination,
27:02a shrine and meeting.
27:03It's a place for the elders where my flag is presented before them in victory.
27:08And
27:13there's one last surprise.
27:16Now the powder on you sign-
27:18Signifying that you are victorious.
27:20Yes.
27:21And that you've won the battle.
27:24Victory powder.
27:25That is victory.
27:26That is victory.
27:27That is victory.
27:31You know, they say the deeper the roots-
27:33the taller the tree.
27:34And I'm walking a little taller after my time here on-
27:38Ghana's beautiful coast.
27:41It's been a painful journey.
27:43reflecting on the inhumanity of slavery and what my ancestors went through.
27:48But it's also been emotional and heartwarming.
27:53as I've been welcomed back into the bosom of West Africa.
27:58Make no mistake.
27:59I am still Clive Myrie.
28:01But I'm also
28:03the deeper Kojo Abaka.
28:05Two sides of the-
28:07Two sides of the-
28:08the same parenthesis
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