this is very important when you game wac to sierra leone so they were showing their poro marks, the society presided over this scarification, and suddenly, at that moment, the missionaries, began for the first time, to understand the importance of african cultural forums, and one of them wrote, you know, the marks they have, they are very important to them. they are very proud of them. they are badges of honor. they are part of their identity. well, yes, no kidding. yes, that's exactly who they were. finally, they saw it. you could see the role of the poro in people's identity at this crucial moment, and then came the second piece of evidence. in that oral history that's talking about the debate and the hold of the amistad, one of the people there said, i think it was sinke, who was for war. turns out four of the men were not for war so a debate broke out, and then an elder, another part of the west african society, the elder, a very important figure, an old man stood up and basically addressed the four men saying they were very likely to die. do you want to die an honorable death fighting