“It was an honour to meet Chief Osabarima Kwesi Atta II as part of my visit to Cape Coast” – U.S Veep Kamala Harris
Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris whose trip to Cape Coast as part of her Ghana visit brought her mixed feelings .
The Veep described her meeting with the Chief of Cape Coast Traditional Area as a rare honour.
Harris who later visited the Cape Coast Castle along with the First Gentleman, Doug Emhoff were captured wiping up tears after they heard and imagined the untold horrific incidents that took place in the dungeons during the slave trade era.
Speaking to the press after the painful emotional tour, the Vice President indicated that what happened centuries ago was simply inhumane.
“The horror of what happened here must always be remembered,” she said in her emotional speech. “It cannot be denied. It must be taught. History must be learned.”
“All of us, regardless of our background, have benefitted from their fight for freedom and justice,” she said.
In a series of tweet after departing from Ghana to continue her three-nation tour, the Vice-President of the United States said meeting the Omanhene of the Ogua Traditional Area was a privilege.
“It was an honor to meet Chief Osabarima Kwesi Atta II as part of my visit to Cape Coast, Ghana,” she tweeted along with a photo of the two embracing as her husband looks on.
The 83-year-old Chief during his remarks at the historic asked the United States to appoint a liason between Cape Coast and the White House to help them in undertaking development projects.
He also gave the Vice-President a headstart prior to her visit to the Cape Coast Castle and mentioned a number of US officials who had paid visits to the UNESCO World Heritage site.
“I have intentionally not talked about the castle which I know you’re going to visit.
Over the years we’ve had President Obama and the wife visiting the castle, we’ve had the wife of President Trump, we’ve had Pelosi and now it’s your turn.
“When you go there, and you carefully look around, you’ll ask yourself so many questions. Why should anybody treat anybody the way our ancestors were treated and this gives a lot of thought but we’re not in those days now,” he indicated.
By Richard Koomson| mediacentralonline.info |Ghana
