Pikworo Slave Camp - Paga (Upper East Region), Ghana
This clip is from the Pikworo Slave Camp site, located a few kilometres from the border town of Paga, in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
The site was a former staging ground for slaves, and the rock formations still bare evidence of the hardships of the slaves several centuries later.
The site is part of a consolidated effort of the township of Paga to incorporate it's unique landmarks, including it's famous crocodile ponds.
SLAVE CAMP IN PAGA-GHANA
THIS IS AN ANCIENT SLAVE CAMP IN GHANA- WEST AFRICA
Pikworo Slave Camp in Northern Ghana
The video was recorded in a little village called Paga Nania, located 3 km west from Paga in Northern Ghana.
The place is know of the Pikworo Slave Camp which in old days used to be a resting point for the slaves on their way down to the cost.
At the Pikoro Slave camp, Paga - Ghana
At the Pikoro Slave camp, Paga - Ghana
Stone Drums of Pikworo Slave Camp at Paga -- Nania - Upper East, Ghana, West Africa
These stone drums are indigenous to Pikworo Slave Camp at Paga -- Nania in the Upper East region of Ghana, West Africa. The drums were played while the enslaved were ordered to dance to keep themselves fit in order for them to be sold at a high price. They are played nowadays to commemorate and honor the ancestors who passed through Pikworo. Songs of lament are also played to the spirits of those who were stolen and enslaved from Africa. Pikworo (Slave Camp) is a 'holding ground that was set up by Samori and Babatu Zato the infamous slave raiders during the nineteenth century. Enslaved Africans were forcibly detained at this location till there numbers were sufficient and then marched to Slave Markets such as Salaga, before again moving further South to the coast. Once on the coast enslaved Africans were then held in dungeons in Slave Castles or Factories. During each leg of their journey these enslaved Africans were often bought and sold several times before boarding Slave Ships and then making the voyage only to end up if they survived, in a foreign land, being sold again and again. It has been estimated that perhaps as many as forty million Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands in Africa. Many millions perished as a result of the inhuman treatment that was inflicted upon them.
Pikworo Slave Camp - Samori & Babatu Zato Infamous Slave Raiders - Upper East, Ghana, West Africa
This excerpt was taken from some of the footage from my field trips related to my research on the African Holocaust of Enslavement. This was recorded in Pikworo a few years ago.
Pikworo (Slave Camp) is a 'holding ground in the upper east region of Ghana, West Africa. Pikworo was established by Samori and Babatu Zato both who were infamous slave raiders during the nineteenth century. Both Samori and Babatu Zato were black Islamized African's, who collaborated with the European nations who were behind the African Holocaust of Enslavement Complex.
You will view some of the burial grounds where enslaved Africans who perished at Pikworo were laid to rest. You will be able to view stone seats and burial stones in the background. There is also a mortuary stone used to prepare the deceased before burial that we may show in another clip. There are also stone water and food trowels. The stone trowels were used as eating vessels and for grinding grain such as millet, which was ground by hand. There is one large trowel which was used to house water for enslaved Africans to drink and bath with.
Enslaved Africans were forcibly detained at this location till their numbers were sufficient, then marched to Slave Markets such as Salaga for example, before again moving further South to the coast . Enslaved Africans were then placed in dungeons in Slave Castles or Factories. During each leg of their journey these enslaved Africans were often bought and sold several times before boarding Slave Ships and setting sail for the New World. Those who survived the voyage once again ended up being sold again and again into enslavement. It has been estimated that perhaps as many as forty million Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands in Africa. Many millions perished as a result of the inhuman treatment that was inflicted upon them. Many historians have stated that the Atlantic Ocean is the largest cemetery on this planet, as millions perished during this horrific period in history and still to this very day remain at the depths of the sea with very little mention of their existence.
Ghana - Paga Slave Camp Drum Rock
Some guys playing the Drum-Rock in the formerly Paga Slave Camp in the north of Ghana.
Pikworo Slave Camp in Ghana
The men show me how the slaves song and use the stone at a big trom
Nana Kimati Dinizulu and Antoine Roney at Pikworo Slave Camp at Paga- Nania, Ghana, West Africa
Nana Kimati Dinizulu and Antoine Roney at Pikworo Slave Camp at Paga- Nania in the Upper East region of Ghana, West Africa. Performing musical libations for our ancestors of the African Holocaust of Enslavement. Pikworo (Slave Camp) is a 'holding ground that was set up by Samori and Babatu Zato the infamous slave raiders during the nineteenth century. Enslaved Africans were forcibly detained at this location till there numbers were sufficient and then marched to Slave Markets such as Salaga, before again moving further South to the coast. Once on the coast enslaved Africans were then held in dungeons in Slave Castles or Factories . During each leg of their journey these enslaved Africans were often bought and sold several times before boarding Slave Ships and then making the voyage only to end up if they survived, in a foreign land, being sold again and again. It has been estimated that perhaps as many as forty million Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands in Africa. Many millions perished as a result of the inhuman treatment that was inflicted upon them.
Slave Camp Song - Paga, Ghana
Some local men performed a song formerly drummed by slaves as part of the forced entertainment of the inhabitants. The lyrics were intended to celebrate the slave masters' generosity and provide false hope for their future.
Ghana/Burkina Faso Border - Paga, Ghana
This is the Ghana/Burkina Faso border checkpoint at Paga, in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The border guards allowed me to walk over to the Burkina Faso side and then walk back.
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Pikworo slave camp
Ghana - dicembre 2012
Pikworo Slave Camp
Pikworo Slave Camp, in Paga, Ghana, held close to 200 slaves at a time in the mid 19th century.
Rock Music: Pikworo Slave Camp, Ghana
Pikworo/Paga, Ghana (Upper East Region)
Stone Drums of Pikworo Slave Camp at Paga -- Nania in Upper East, Ghana,
With Bea and Grace
Obɔfoɔ - Akan Hunters Association - Traditional Dance and Music
Published September 21, 2012
This is an excerpt of some of the traditional dance and music of
Obɔfoɔ which are hunters in Akan societies. In more ancient times the
members of this society was greeted according to how many elephants
they had killed. Obɔfoɔ was a term used for master hunters and
Abɔmmɔfoɔ which are assistant hunters.
In the dance and music in this video one can see a similarity in
Obɔfoɔr dancing music of some Tigare societies. Tigare is a spirit who
in older times, accompanied hunters on their hunts for food and herbal
medicine.
The movement of the arms and hands of the dancers symbolize the trunk
of the elephant. The drums of this association, like many of the
hunter societies of the Akan, are accompanied by men who play the
horns of animals they caught on hunts, instead of the iron bells that
are often seen in many of the orchestras among the Akan.
The sounds that are emitted by the orchestra that does not include
iron are believed to emit certain spiritual characteristics that bring
about certain results. In many Tigare ensembles throughout Ghana, the
absence of the iron bell is evident also.
Recorded by Nana Kimati Dinizulu in Ghana, West Africa
Copyright Kimati Dinizulu. All rights reserved
SALAGA - An Ancient Slave Trade Center
This is the story of Salaga, an ancient slave trade center and one of Ghana's biggest tourism attractions. watch and listen to this chilling story about how people were captured and sold into slavery, unfortunately by their own people! Produced and directed by Famous Kwesi Atitsogbe
Nania Pikwro slave camp
Its an amazing site that will help you know much about slavery in Ghana and how its evolved
Komfo Oforiwaa
Priestess in Dadwene a suburb of Obuasi. See her for your break through. Service provided-healing, financial problems, barrenness, business problems, prosperity, etc. Just see her.
The Slave Camp in Cape Coast, Ghana
Relics of Slavery in Africa!