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Sometimes it is hard to accept why and how a human will commit atrocities against his fellow humankind. If indeed there is a real devil, it might all fall on human beings. Humans have perpetuated a lot of serious crimes against mankind or humanity than any of the creations created on this earth. These haunting images depict a dark and disturbing period in colonial history when thousands of people were brought to the United States and Europe, imprisoned, and placed into what were essentially human zoos. Many people died during these exhibitions. Now let the images speak for themselves.      An African girl during the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels  Throughout history, there is a trace of erasing or destroying a native culture wherever the Europeans go. Thus Africa , Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and every part of the world where Europeans have been. The slave trade resulted in many Africans being exported to other continents while thousands of them died through horrific practices and

Ghana has been a center of attraction since the first Europeans arrived on Ghanaian soil. What attracted the Europeans to Africa in those days was the natural and human resources.  Nowadays, what most attracts Europeans, diasporans, or visitors to Ghana is tourism, repatriation, relocation, and commerce. With the exception of tourism, the next big thing that assembles visitors to Ghana is the all-year-round events or festivals. Top 8 Events In Ghana 1. PANAFEST (late July - August) Drama about the slave trade during PANAFEST PANAFEST means t he  Pan African Historical Theatre Festival, it was first initiated in the 1980s but it came to fruition in 1992. The idea was coined by W.E Dubois  a Pan-Africanist but it was the late   Efua Sutherland  who considered it to become  a cultural event for bringing Africans in the diaspora and on the continent together to share a common heritage after the slave Trade that dwindled the human and natural resources of Africa. The event is held every t

Fabrics play a domicile part in every Ghanaian lifestyle. In Ghana fabrics are everything, it is used during occasions like festivals , naming ceremonies, funerals, wedding/marriage ceremonies, church, mosque, etc. Most Ghana fabrics are indigenous and some are also brought by foreign merchants, especially the Europeans.  One interesting fact about Kente is that Kwame Nkrumah commissioned a kente cloth piece from master kente weaver A.E. Asare , which hung outside the United Nations General Assembly building in 1960. It was replaced by a new design — Adwene Asa meaning "consensus has been reached" — woven by Asare's son  Kwasi Asare  in 1995. Today we are going to unleash some of the most popular fabrics in Ghana. Ghanaian popular fabrics all have an iota of history behind it, join me as we explore these most popular fabrics in Ghana and their history behind it together.  Kente or Kete Various Kente clothes and colors Kente is no doubt the most popular fabric in Ghana an