A tour guide at Elmina Castle explaining a point to members of the GhanaMade Rice Farmers Association
Members of the GhanaMade Rice Farmers Association and their families last Saturday visited the Elmina Castle in the Central region.
The tour, according to Comfort Aniagyei, President of the Association, was aimed at helping the farmers to understand the Trans-Atlantic slavery trade in the Gold Coast.
Sponsored by GhanaMade, a Ghanaian owned company that promotes and markets made in Ghana products, the tour also afforded children of the farmers, especially those in school, the opportunity to experience what their ancestors went through during the period of slavery.
“We, at GhanaMade, believe that this tour will go a long way to help them understand what they are taught in class about slavery,” she stated.
Speaking to CITY & BUSINESS GUIDE after the tour of the Elmina Castle built by the Portuguese in 1482, Mrs. Aniagyei remarked that our forebears developed at their own pace before the advent of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Denouncing slavery, she said that the forceful removal of Africans from their ancestral lands to Europe and America may be considered the worst crime against humanity.
“It truncated the development process of Africans. The continent is still very much dependent on other nations for basic needs like food and clothing,” Mrs. Aniagyei said.
She called on all descendants and friends of Africa to condemn all forms of slavery.
Mrs. Aniagyei stressed the need for Africans to achieve total economic emancipation.
She indicated that her outfit has contributed immensely to the rice sector.
According to her, GhanaMade has over the years marketed only made in Ghana products at the company’s outlets in Tema, Accra, Ashaiman and Asamankese.
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