• 3,646 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

      In 1760, a Danish Trader by the name of Romer wrote a book titled “A reliable account of the Coast of Guinea.” In the book, he interviews Africans on the coast of present-day Ghana about life and society. This particular response was fascinating,

      “It is you, you Whites, who have brought all wickedness amongst us. Would we have sold each other had you not come amongst us? The greed we have for your enchanting merchandise and spirits has made it so that one brother does not trust another nor one friend another, indeed, even a father his son. From our forefathers, we know that only the malefactor who has committed murder twice would be stoned or drowned, otherwise, the usual punishment for one who has committed a wrong had to carry a large log to the victim and go before his house for three successive days and beg for pardon on his bended knee, In our youth we have known many thousands of families here and there along the coast, and now one can only count a few hundred people. And what is worse is that you have become a necessary evil (malum necessarium) among us, for if you leave, then the inland Blacks would not allow us to live half a year, but would come and kill us together with our wives and children, and this hate they hold against us is your fault.”

      You could only imagine how terrifying and frustrating life must’ve been during those times. Moreover, the terrorizers strategy was to pit groups against each other and have them dependent on weapons, alcohol, etc.
      Big ups to a brotha by the name of Kweku for sharing this excerpt.