it was hard i was for. i even got white hair. learning the german language a lot this gets me a little but you need to interrupt it's to say you want to do their story. or to provide information for margaret. this is date every news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes on the ring the resilience house u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi addressed the guardian parliament today her visit marks 400 years since the 1st shipment from ghana to america. and the men who bear the scars 25 years after one does genocide victims and perpetrators are going through the healing process together.

i'm christine wonderwall come to deeds happy news africa i'm glad you didn't africans on both sides of the atlantic ocean are remembering the the slave trade ceremonies are taking place in the u.s. and in ghana's capital accra a delegation from the u.s. house of representatives is in ghana for the departure point or other the departure point for millions of africans bound for the americas. and then. the 1st house speaker to address parliament 400 years after the 1st africans were taken across the atlantic into slavery the 400th anniversary of the 1st slave person to set foot. in america from africa right now today july 31st 2009. we think it's very

appropriate that we're here with. members of the congressional black caucus to get is a reason to be lucy visited mena in cape coast castle there's a sleaze would go through the door of no return for congresswoman karen bass this visit is crucial. to our ancestors before they left here and one of the treacherous journey to the united states in which they begin. 200. years of installation. congresswomen and men wash their hands whose war 2 from the revisit slaves lost before being taken to america. speak of pelosi said the visit was a transformative experience that had touched this solves. my next guest wasn't in parliament as pelosi was speaking today because he's days as an n.p.r.

over but mr cold is also an author welcome to the tempe africom estate and you're in the city off cape coast launching you'll both from jamestown to jamestown places to an african child what is the book about and why did you write it welcome the focus so far already of it struck your love of for all that time back to work captured from the concepts of our success. is there for a couple. of life to. ensure the american career right. here on friday bill over here. personally and i did you write the book. i wrote the book for a couple of reasons one is that you know what you know who we are where busy saw the tops of cars it's not a hopper it's 3 syllables of what are. you fall foul of hockey and really

hated for the. idea sort of stewards busy of research and find out exactly why we say that there was and the africa that i was the issue at that civilization began in africa and that the origin of bonded in africa i needed to get all the full speech. which is out there for you for of up to sit there to do all right in this and pages are actually this is we don't have all that much time but i wanted to ask you when you are now in cape coast some of the u.s. congress members were there as well what is the significance also that city cape coast you have good cause to anyone see where the most of their lives are always taken out so we become a symbol by the fact that the very last thing on the south was because of our progress. the very thing that represents that we are brownsville. the

people are digging out from the costs of the deficit ok and so missy and co we really appreciate you coming on we're looking forward to having you here now studio to talk more about the book you've written kojo young colts and for me n.p.n. gone escape codes thank you thank you. now donna has say south the get off return to mark the anniversary the government is billing it as closed a major landmark spiritual and birthright journey and an invitation to the global african family to come to gun feed of the africa myth one young american who came home. 26 year old ivory coast and his colleagues i getting ready for the deed for the next 2 months the student is volunteering at this school to help children with autism he said motivation is to understand what

these kids have to go through and also to give back to good use of sites. almost 2000 africans in the diaspora who have visited ghana this year are spots of the year of return programs to mark 400 years since africa this way taking our cross the atlantic slaves i do decide as a volunteer because i felt as though this would be the best way to integrate myself with the culture as well as the community in ghana and working with students here and serving it was it was a good way for me to basically express love in the form of service express love in the form of giving back but also learning about the african culture and how to remove myself in that african culture. force in the genes for to prison in

a crowded place leaves where kicks being shipped across the atlantic save us memorials to the burial ground of chroma epp an african icon is also a key sites for other african americans who are inspired by increment and his struggle to end colonialism in ghana i am. really really really grateful and happy to be here to experience the the year for terror activities and be able to reconnect with my ancestors who have got on before me and i choose to call them now they are enslaved forefathers they were taken without their consent but we are the children have returned and we see where our forefathers came from and i'm so contented unrelated to be here. it's been celebrated as the. program across the country.

for. about africa. out of the. africa. 30. 8. champion in this call for people to come home. and. celebrates the story of resilience like the african american. has struck a connection with the country and its people hopefully. to the u.s. with good memories. from the good memories to the bad memories friend is a country still deeply scarred by the genocide 25 years ago nearly all the killers in the 1994 men many have served time in prison but now want to heal themselves and

of a community's our correspondent. has been to the city of. there she met some of those struggling to come to terms with the past. today these men sit side by side in community based social to share their experiences during. the 1994. 25 years ago when up to a 1000000 tutsis a moderate hutus were wiped out in just 100 days they were divided among those who carried out the killings and those who survived it. memories of being on the run and how his pregnant wife had to give in hiding pivot. we couldn't fly. in a way that the baby would survive being with us but i still have friends who i was doing business with they helped me and they took my newborn mcknight's to woman who run an orphanage at. the baby stage but

a few days later the perpetrators went there to look for him and they took my baby and killed him. up don now lives a peaceful life with his wife. but he struggles with the guilt of not being able to protect the 12 members of his family who were killed during the genocide similarly former released perpetrators like given easter have served their sentence are still haunted by what they call the shame of their past he says he's guilty of killing 4 people including to members of his own family. i came to realize that i can't escape my judgment i accepted it i went to ask my father in law for forgiveness it was too much to handle the fact that i had killed my mother in law i was in so much pain. many of the men returning from prison have struggled they found their families estranged their role as the head of the household challenged in the image of their very own masculinity destroyed. they say these feelings

however cannot be talked about in public. man always has to be strong a man has to suffocate his pain and behave like a man. the way i see a man should also show his emotions in rwandan culture i can accept it in public. amounted to overcome his pain. man swallowed it here that's a local problem here in rwanda which reflects a dangerous society all men are expected to deal with their pain and grief alone in silence and internally although the country is failed as a role model reconciling with its violent past toxic image of let's kill anybody who continues to hurt the healing process of it's me a population. away from social pressures and the least and i'm glad they have found a safe space to reconcile and work on the psychological.

help. because we used to fear each other. whenever i saw a person i had wronged. i could feel my heart racing. we have no problems with the perpetrators anymore because they're also part of the families of social therapy. when we meet now we are the same we have the same heart. you know. about it. but. the men have the same use social therapy group hope to contribute to the healing of their country so that future generations won't repeat their mistakes by facing their demons together they set an example so that rundown men learn how to show their emotions and their society learns to accept that. and that is it for now from

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