Comments on: Day 4 – seeking ‘redemption’ inside Cape Coast Castle

By: susanna

susanna — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:18:45 +0000

I am trying to visit cape coast next year. I am trying to raise funds to fund a school in Jamaica, were my husband lives. I am willing and hopeing that i can get support to be enslaved at cape coast to bring enlightment to people of today, that running away from the past can only bring more pain, can anybody out there help me or tell me if this mission would be allowed

By: Baraka de Soleil

Baraka de Soleil — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:43:30 +0000

i am intrigued by this thought of resolution over redemption …i went to the dictionary to clarify this word redemption– to redeem: to be free from what distresses or harms; to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental; to release from blame or debt; to change for the better . in many ways “inside that castle” i was looking to free myself from what distressed my ancestors and harmed them…to what distresses me as a child of the diaspora…at the same time i was looking to find clues to better connect me to their pain. in this regard to help me overcome my guilt for feeling so free when they had to endure such captivity.

so perhaps redemption is what i wished for….resoulion is what i hope for….

By: Leann

Leann — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:51:24 +0000

Are we looking for redemption or a resolution? For the children of the diaspora, I believe we’re looking for a resolution. A way to reconnect what was taken, severed, denied. Perhaps Ghana and Africa are looking for redemption, a way to be forgiven in their role, their complicity, in the slave trade.

I mean no disrespect, but standing on this shore, acknowledging what bit I do know of my past, the word “redemption” doesn’t feel right. What have I or my immediate forebears done wrong to feel the need for redemption? I’m looking for a resolution, a means to resolve in myself and in my mind, what happened, how it happened and how to move forward with that information.