at elmina castle, we saw the dungeons where thousands were grotesquely tortured.st castle, we stood before the door of no return, where countless millions caught their last glimpse of africa before they were shipped to a life of enslavement. being here has been a transformative experience for all of us. for gahna, 2019 has been celebrated as the ‘year of return‘, a call for african diaspora everywhere to reconnect with their ancestral home. for many, it has reminded them of the way the country's past has shaped their future. it's offering us a moment of sober reflection to get to know the things that our forefathers went through. we were sold by our own chiefs, by our own uncles and our own fathers, and we should stop blaming people and those things. we should... we should concentrate on working hard, looking after ourselves. 400 years down the line, remembering how they were taken off our shores, it's a privilege to be alive today. when nobody, no—one will be left out or left behind because of their race, their colour or their background. the trip finished with a