On September 29, 1526, 498 years ago, the first recorded shipment of captive Africans arrived with Spanish colonizers on the North American mainland in the Sapelo Bay region of Georgia. This is not well-known African America history specifically related to trans-Atlantic human trade. It is the start of a continuous pattern of exploitation, oppression, survival and resistance spanning more than three hundred years with a legacy that exists today.

This podcast is a conversation with members of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project and Crossing the Waters Institute, two organizations that raise awareness and commemorate the more than half million Africans who were transported to the United States, and under force contributed with their knowledge, skills,labor and culture to the creation of the United States.

Observing the 25th anniversary of the Middle Passage Pilgrimage Project are Ingrid Askew and Sister Clare, founders of Crossing the Waters Institute and Ann Chinn from the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project.


Show Notes
The following links to what was mentioned in the show:

Crossing the Waters Institute for Cultural Exchange

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Memorial Day 2020 Slideshow

PBS Documentary: This far by faith (Segment: Rise up and call their names)

Bomba Dance Tutorial with Afro-Puerto Rican Dancer Mar Cruz | If Cities Could Dance

Credits
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Melancholly Lull by Vital
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