Today we had lectures. Thankfully, the first one was not boring. It was all about African history and the Pan-African Movement. I learned a lot from the lecture. I was horrified to learn the details of how inhumanly captured slaves were treated. Also, I had never known about the theory of Africa being the cradle of civilization. Archeologists have actually found the oldest human remains in Ethiopia and scientific studies of female mitochondria have traced backed to African origins. I was just about the only person in the room that had never heard that before. Everything the lecturer talked about was fascinating. Toward the end of lecture I look at my phone to see the time only to realize that he had been talking for two hours! I did not mind though because I was engrossed in what he was saying. I wish I could say that for the second lecturer; he flat out put me to sleep. Tomorrow we are traveling to Cape Coast to see the El Mina castle, which housed the slave dungeons. I’m excited.
Until my next adventure,
Jack
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