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DESCRIPTION:August 2019, exactly 400 years after the arrival of the first recorded 
 landing of a ship with enslaved Pan Africans in today's Hampton, Virginia.  
 \n\nThis began the acceleration of the horrendous Middle Passage to the 
 British Colony, today hundreds of descendants of former enslaved Africans 
 will make a triumphant return to the land of our ancestry. \n\nGhana: the 
 land of Kwame Nkrumah-the father of Ghana’s independence and a co-founder 
 of the Organization of African Unity; the country where the great 
 pan-Africanist Dr. W. E. B. DuBois spent his final years; the land where 
 Ashanti Kings still hold court and mediate disputes in time-honored 
 traditions passed down through generations; the land that has preserved 
 more slave dungeons used in the transatlantic slave trade than any other 
 country on the continent. \n\nGhana was the first sub-Saharan African 
 country to gain its independence from Europeans, and is today a thriving 
 democracy, yet its traditions, customs and culture are almost undiluted. 
 Ghana is now a 29-million consumer market with a growing, educated middle 
 class eager for consumer goods, services and technology.\n\nVisitors are 
 welcomed by the government leaders and the people of Ghana, and will RETURN 
 through the infamous “door of no return” at Cape Coast Slave Dungeon. 
 \n\nReturnees will arrive from the USA, Canada; the Caribbean, including 
 Jamaica- the birthplace of the great pan Africanist- Marcus Garvey; Central 
 and South America including Brazil-which has the largest Black population 
 outside of Africa. Participants will include seasoned travelers familiar 
 with Ghana and the continent; first time visitors to the continent; great 
 grandparents as well as teenagers, highly acclaimed academicians, 
 entrepreneurs, elected officials, religious leaders as well as students. 
 \n\nThe historic August 2019, 400 Year of Return, Commemoration to Ghana 
 will be a share the triumphant homecoming to the land of our ancestors.  We 
 return with mixed yet happy emotions.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/09/18825327.php
SUMMARY:400 Year of Return Presentation
LOCATION:California State Capitol\nRoom 126
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/09/18825327.php
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