i'm going to give you a very brief history about cape cod before we move into the mail dungeon capco's castle is a british castle built in the year 1665 by them it took the english over 60 solid years 60 years for them to build cape coast castle they use the africans to build this class we have in ghana three castles and over 14 forts as well we have the saint george's castle well known as elminators we have the christian book this one is castle the very last one el mina castle is the biggest the oldest that's why and the largest castle in west africa okay and that was built by the portuguese portuguese around 1482. they were led by don diego the example it is five thirty five years old now 535 years still standing there in accra was built by denmark danish 1661 it is 356 years old this english castle 1665 and this one is 352 years now so kim cruz castle is a young guest or the smallest castle in ghana in terms of age and size the castle you are today began as a fort the very fort was built by the swedish sweden around 1654 they named their fault as for carol lesbig carlo lizbeck after a king in sweden the king was called king charles the tent the fort changed hands for about four times due to stiff european competition 1658 denmark people took over the fort from the swedish 1661 the local people in this town there's a 50 people seized the foot from the days 1664 dutch occupied it but due to the anglo-dutch war in the subsequent year english had it they transformed the font into this very castle it took them 60 years for its transformation okay so cape casa is a living monument and also a world heritage site in this country it was listed by unesco around 1979. in the olden days wrong doers were sought into slavery as punishment armed robbers were sold my dress were sold but some were good people somewhere innocent they were brought in and not only guardians thank you from algeria senegal benindicate costas because this was their headquarters we have a whole we call pallava hall here pallava hall doctors were in that hall so doctors and nurses examined the captives we are saying that strong men and women were known as commercial captives but the weak were the domestic captives male dungeon this dungeon held one thousand counties at the time one thousand thousand this small space it is quite spacious it looks more good we have been mild engine five chambers so each imba held 200 captives surprisingly surprisingly right on top of this dungeon was a church church on the dungeon society for the propagation of the gospel s.p gin church the pastor was interestingly and you know a ghanaian pastor by name philly the pastor's father was a slave trader by name of rinpoche the floor here slopes a little bit slippery but more will be told and more will be seen in the dungeon my special guest i hope you're ready we are now in the male slave dungeon the past you see here on the portraits the idea is to let you understand more how our forefathers suffered india by their facial expressions can you get through something for me uh for example the one we have here with a bandage this very one the idea is to let's understand how you know when he was captured he fought so he sustained serious injuries in the head the same person cannot see again he's blind on my right hand side right over here he has opened his mouth he's crying beetly discussions now i imagine five changeless in a male dungeon this is a fast chamber and i said each chamber held 200 captives and it's the first one so the numbers in this one had their light and then from this side and they were in the dungeon for cutting months so every three months the enslaved africans were shipped from the dungeon to the americas and economy to self my special guest i just want to turn off the light here for only 10 seconds for you to experience the darkness here after that i'm going to come back so i'll be right back during the century the dealers or the slave traders were many so they had their own individual ways of branding or identifying their characters some slave traders used ear ring earrings to identify their characters went in for the said i mean brandon itself on your skin beneath the branding line was the triggers symbol initials somewhere like ati koi j s s it simply means john cement slave jss it was placed or dipped into a very hot fire around from the fire women on the back stand men chest or even here just to identify them so during the branding the strong men were held in this chamber but because of their strength they were locked up they were changed and shackled so usually vomit and toilet on the floor they were in this same mess for treatment now look on the wall here we have this quiet map here the very right and you'll see here the white match it is right here so ladies and gentlemen i have my hand on this mark now so from this level to the base the floor this very height was filled up which choked toilet choked toilet during and vomit up to this level all over the place i mean everywhere so where we are now has been excavated that was in 1974. there's an original floor trench for drainage when it rains the wall just runs through the hose out there like you are seeing today just to wash the surface of their mess through the same trench into the very deep sea but a trench wasn't used because the americans got its cabinet after the sand most of them became partially blind malaria diarrhea killed many of them so we are saying that those who died in this division exceeded those who survived over 35 million africans were transported into slavery but 25 percent came to cape cod castle because this was their major trading post for headquarters spy hall for better supervision soldiers only soldiers again stuck there every afternoon with a bucket of sea water just to pour on them here to pull down their body temperatures right above the dungeon was a church church one attention society for the propagation of the gospel it is [Music] as i speak to you right now slave trade is gone but slavery is still ongoing in a very modernized way you know human trafficking you know child prostitution and that's a modern day slavery they get the food all right but they end collectively always in the dungeon so if we remember how i won't defeat yourself because you have to struggle with i mean the strongman here some couldn't do that hunger killed most of them and when they died they were just thrown into the very deep sea i asked this question every day you know if you're a good businessman and really mean business you keep your commodities or your products in a safer place so you make more money but why they're more traditional why were they treating the characters the simple question we got them very cheap so they knew that oh even if 100 or more should die this minute they will get more than next day and that was a mentality in this place is quite different from what you've seen so far the light we have here you've got reefs flowers behind you but the reeds we have here were laid in this dungeon by the african americans the schoolings they want to respect they want to appreciate or honor the ancestors to the brotherhood they obama's way in this castle by an israeli dungeon on july 11 2009 michelle obama is saying that hey ancestors were right here now this castle was built on a rock castle solid foundation but that rock was a god object of worship in the holy days when the english were about to build the castle they managed to move part of the rock why because they were looking for a leveled ground so they built a castle on the rock in 1973 traditional council of chiefs in oga or cape coast today came together and they built this art we have here to let the english know that if they have built a castle on their rock which is the god they can never deny what they believe in so it's like they are reclaiming it the indigenous people still worship the deity till date but we are saying that during the slave trade this altar wasn't here but both in 1973 right after the slave trade we have in cape coast 77 gods traditional gods 77 in cape cod there's one of them this one and is is a rock deity so you have one broken rock here and one has eight symbol now behind the white material was this entrance the very entrance that time connected male dungeon to the door of no return through here 70 meters walk underground so every three months those who survived and they were strong were forced to walk through here in chains barefooted to the door of neuro10 women came to join them and they all used that dog that was when we lost contact with them rising jamaica cuba haiti bahamas barbarous and the rest but when we count if you don't go through here because you are weak you go to that small room to die after death they were thrown into the very deep sea but the entrance was blocked in 1833 when the english finally abolished the slave trade as a symbol help the same numbers two hempetic captives and that was the light and hair for 30 months for truth and vertical tips this was their spiral like the fetch chamber but this biohole wasn't topping like this that time just recently most of them found dignity in suicide here the captives others voluntarily embarked on hunger strike to danger to go there but some two died on the very sea so feel them survived there he was born around 1741 on march 13th and uh he was sent to england around 1754 with two boys william and thomas the two boys passed away in england so he was the first african to be ordained as a priest in an anglican church there was nothing like fireboat water in old english no tap water what we have here harvested rainwater this one is 18 feet deep down like six meters now diarrhea killed most of them part of the underground tunnel the men came from their very dungeon in the last chamber we walk through here and change them in shuttles to the door of no return so one english officer stood right here with this light just to count the captives you want to know how many they are before hold the ship so this was the check point but they came from the last childbirth in their own dungeon going through here in chains and he was here during the countdown it is 13 1 three 13 feet deep down no stairs okay we were passing through from this to the other end and was here counting them that's it now another officer was also there the second checkpoint to confirm what he has encountered so that was the confirmation point but that one has been blocked now so you're taking one step jump one step [Music] ladies and gentlemen arabs arabians they also did slave russia but diaz was enough of africa nigeria egypt morocco and the rest tunisia so that's the trans-saharan slave trade we are talking about but we are focusing on today only about transatlantic year when i come to west africa most historians talk a lot about the portuguese what's happening it is because they were the first europeans to set foot in around 1471. when portuguese arrived there was a foundance of gold here so we got the name french were in la portuguese were in cape route it is today liberia we call it not a grain grand coast benin togo angola many steps to slave coast in the early 17th century portuguese enjoyed their training they took most of our people out david came back but those ones were sent to south america for them to work on their new plantation house this side this very side happens to be the exact point from the tunnel exit due to the tie down with it was blocked so the male slaves came through here there was an opening they came through here went this way out to the door of nuruchen streetlight and that was where they saw light for the first time in three months just outside there but currently both ants have been blocked that was in 1833 when the english finally abolished the slave trade let's visit the female punishment cell and i'll tell you why we punished feeding shots [Music] and they were in the cell for a whole week it held eight women at that time a big door here locked up light and here sometimes food as well through here so that's a female punishment cell for resistance wonderful guest this is a female magic we are in the first chamber second chamber so ichimba held one the numbers in this one had their light and now those who said no to death or resisted rip were taken from this dungeon to the punishment cell for a week most of them were already weak because they had walked from the north south parker sunderman to the sun the strength wasn't there so they were raped based on their weaknesses most of them picked seed they got pregnant here pregnant women weren't allowed to stay in the dungeon but they were sent to town under a watch of a soldier now after beth if the very person who made the captive pregnant want to maintain the captive he will just allow her to stay in town with the baby meaning she is not free from slavery maybe the governor or the soldier doesn't want to maintain a captive she came back after death immediately but not to the baby those babies were allowed to attend the very first school we are here in the language castle school the school was for the half great monaco's half cast those who were found pregnant on the slave ship were thrown into the sea alive many of them were ripped when you come to ghana and you visit central region like where you've come today we have a whole lot of english names here english names johnson blackstone thompson ferguson riverson john williams they couldn't also mention our local names well so they anglicized most of our local names a name like yao yao y aw the name yao is intensely born here but young is today your sin yourself w-e-k-u that's the one is they born like the pastor's name then like that is blanket blanksen crazy sunday queen c quincy jones q-u-i-n-c-y a name like attack you know atta is a twin yeah is a t t a or h it is today a r t h u r uh copy not t d or kobi kojo monday kudu but the actual slave age was from 13 years and above those beyond the age of 50 were shaved and smelled with oil for them to look much younger before the result it is time to use the very door of no return but do not worry i'll make sure you will return door of no pressure door of no return this door is not the original door this door here is not the original the original door was very short and narrow [Music] so they entered one at a time it changed and in shackles behind the door we have here we also have door of retain and that door was written in august 1st when ghana celebrated emancipation day that time two dead bodies were expelled from their graves some were passing from usa mother crystal from jamaica they were once slaves how they were slaves yes they were here so you brought their bones in the coffin to ghana to perform a very short ceremony at the graveyard we are saying that they were re-buried at ascent mountain in god the door of the return here is no more now but we have a door of return today [Music] and it's right you door of return we have this broken wall over there a broken wall can you see that that very broken wall ah yeah that's very warm the one with the uh there's a bow spoke on it so from where we are standing to that wall we call this side european beach english was saying that anytime they feel like swimming and they come here to the beach to have fun black people also join them here but they don't like it at all so they feel about the world for situations the ship that came couldn't bet here the slave ship so they used smaller boats to board the bigger ship on the sea the slave ships came with wonderful names the ships names like god is able names like jesus leave it santiago santa and that means it's more than 200 years old and it's a condemned cell before we go in a quick explanation here we have three roots in this cell three roots the innermost one the main one in there and the very second room on my right hand side here these are the main condensers the real one the first one here where i'm pointing up we call it guard room for the white soldiers why the white soldiers most of them violated their laws in this soldiers so those ones were in this very small cell as punishment and we're in there for some few hours or minutes and they were released they enjoyed light and air from this under soldiers only the male captives those in there no food no water no air and no light still changed until they died the marks we have our floor here were made by them with their chains and shackles when they were struggling to die on the floor oh they're round the cell impelled 50 ml captives at a time 5-0 no food no water no air no light still in chains until death why count themselves for those who fought for their freedom those who may attempt to escape they were caught brought in here to die disappointing deterrent to others so there was a door here this was their third door it was locked up second door in the middle locked up and the friends are outside again for 15 minutes the right to be off don't be shocked for only five seconds for yourself just five seconds [Music] so the ten dollars also locked up middle door locked fans are already locked for 50 mil slaves in the cell no food no water no and no light still in chains and in shadows until the night british soldiers who are being punished right and they would hear these [Music] happens to be the biggest hall we have in cape cod it was also a meeting place for discussions so [Music] still strong if you look down here this yard was a soldier's barracks the craft shops sold just barks it was a freezing yard during the colonial days but the building in the middle was the officer's mess it got bent late last year electrical we have fought william on the hill up there that quiet building with a red cap it was a watch tower so let's see where they were having their competition uh again those the guys up in the there [Music] okay [Music] so this was the accommodation room how are they communicating light in the night mirror reflection in the new flocks in a moment to sense any data coming from this end to the one here so so they are here and one day we're always for communication no self phone no facebook no water what is it complicated so communication all right the last place [Music] um [Music] [Music] well translated all for one person 50 way the condenser at the same time we have nine windows here absolutely they were here one after the other and they were mostly in these darkness we have a new floor today there's a new scene right so here's paul here let's see the gap next malaysia diarrhea killed most of the europeans so they named west africa as the white man's but we still have the governor's bed the governor's furniture is writing desk in our store but not in this case we have them there we'll bring foreign please need to watch your step very slippery here steps very smoothly just again uh society for the propagation of the gospel anglican church right on a male dungeon it is today children's life so let's walk right yeah i want to see that's the one the other one the rooftop here the church it was on a dungeon and now children's life let's end the guided tour here please okay this is very powerful it was unveiled by the national house of chiefs in god as a sign of apology why the chiefs in the olden days the local chief played the vital role and i think that this will never repeat again and i quote in the lasting memory of the anguish of our ancestors when those who died lester peace may those who return find their roots may humanity never again perpetrate such injustice against humanity most people get very angry you know it's a painful story as i speak to you right now it is still going on in a very modernized way maybe there is love and even peace amongst us we can still fight against it together we start dividing