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INTERNATIONAL ROOTS FESTIVAL PROJECT 2014

“Celebrating Unity Through Culture”

The Gambia, West Africa

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Celebrating Unity Through Culture

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HISTORICAL PLACE WHERE SLAVE TRADING TOOK PLACE FOR SENEGAMBIANS. THIS ISLAND CROSSES OVER TO WHAT WAS ONCE CALLED JAMESTOWN ISLAND…..

IT IS NOW CALLED KUNTA KINTEH ISLAND

FORMERLY JAMESTOWN ISLAND CURRENT PRESIDENT JAMMEH CHANGED NAME TO KUNTA KINTEH ISLAND TO REFLECT REALITY OF PAST CONNECTING THE SHARED HERITAGE OF DIASPORA AFRICANS AND CONTINENTAL AFRICANS THAT WERE ENSLAVED AND TAKEN TO OTHER LANDS-THIS CASE AFRICA AND THE AMERICAS!

SENEGAMBIA SLAVE TRADING

THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CHAINS/SHACKLES THAT WERE USED TO ENSLAVE AFRICANS LIKE KUNTA KINTEH

SENEGAMBIA SLAVE TRADE

SLAVE DUNGEON WHERE 100’S OF SLAVES WERE STORED IN LESS THAN A 10X20 SPACE WAITING TO BE PUT ONTO SLAVE SHIPS

SLAVES FOR SALE

THE IS AN ORIGINAL WEAPON OF MASS DETRUCTION THAT WAS USE ON THE NECK OF A SLAVE

TO INCAPACITATE THE ENSLAVED AFRICAN ONCE CAPTURED AND UNABLE TO RUN AWAY

INSTRUMENTS USED TO CAPTURE AND ENSLAVE AFRICANS

ONCE ABOARD THE SLAVE SHIPS THIS IS A TYPICAL SEATING ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS IMPOSED UPON THE ENSLAVED AFRICAN

BLACK POWER

THIS IS A TYPICAL DEMOGRAPHY AND GENDER OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS DEPARTING FROM GAMBIA FROM 1601-1867

NEVER AGAIN SCUPLTURE DESIGNED BY AN DIASPORA AFRICAN

GAMBIAN CHILDREN HEIRS TO KUNTA KINTEH

QUEEN SHAKIA TURNER (LEFT)

EMPRESS TINA JONES SAVADOGO (FRONT CENTER)