Derek Fordjour

Yeah. I mean, on some level, I mean, I mean, that's, but I look, I, I choose to stand for the marrying of the marriage of like the African cultural experience and the African-American experience. And the British American and everywhere else in the diaspora we exist. I mean, I think you definitely represent that. Oh, I love it. And so that's what I'm on. You know what I mean? Okay.

Yeah. I mean, on some level, I mean, I mean, that's, but I look, I, I choose to stand for the marrying of the marriage of like the African cultural experience and the African-American experience. And the British American and everywhere else in the diaspora we exist. I mean, I think you definitely represent that. Oh, I love it. And so that's what I'm on. You know what I mean? Okay.

Like, it's not overrun. There's space enough. Okay. But you know what's happening is now there are, like, encampments and suburbs that are for, like, African Americans. And it's being marketed as such. And so as an African American, you could buy a home in the, like – In an African – African-American enclave in Ghana. I think it's fine. I don't know. I mean, if it works, it works.

Like, it's not overrun. There's space enough. Okay. But you know what's happening is now there are, like, encampments and suburbs that are for, like, African Americans. And it's being marketed as such. And so as an African American, you could buy a home in the, like – In an African – African-American enclave in Ghana. I think it's fine. I don't know. I mean, if it works, it works.

That's a big if, right? But... If it works, it works. It brings people back. We have to take you to a slave castle. Because... Have you ever been to any? Huh. That's a sentence that's never done well. Let me watch you deal with it. That's a... Let me watch you deal with that.

That's a big if, right? But... If it works, it works. It brings people back. We have to take you to a slave castle. Because... Have you ever been to any? Huh. That's a sentence that's never done well. Let me watch you deal with it. That's a... Let me watch you deal with that.

But you have to experience the slave castle. Because... First of all, I didn't know that you hadn't done this. So I'm even more...

But you have to experience the slave castle. Because... First of all, I didn't know that you hadn't done this. So I'm even more...

convicted about it i've been to slave castles but i need to know why this one in particular okay well i think there's a moment well at least for me where you go to the door of no return yeah and it's in all the castles oftentimes it'll be like the port near the port somewhere there that's right they bring them in and there's a little area where they're going to get loaded onto a boat and that's the area of no return that's right yeah so it's similar in the one i went to was in zanzibar

convicted about it i've been to slave castles but i need to know why this one in particular okay well i think there's a moment well at least for me where you go to the door of no return yeah and it's in all the castles oftentimes it'll be like the port near the port somewhere there that's right they bring them in and there's a little area where they're going to get loaded onto a boat and that's the area of no return that's right yeah so it's similar in the one i went to was in zanzibar

Yes, yes. Very similar. So first of all, I mean, East African slave trade was different, just as brutal. But I think the dynamics are different East-West, but there's always that moment in the castle where you stand between where you are and where you're going. And for me, when I stand there, I get it. I get the whole diaspora. Like, I understand...

Yes, yes. Very similar. So first of all, I mean, East African slave trade was different, just as brutal. But I think the dynamics are different East-West, but there's always that moment in the castle where you stand between where you are and where you're going. And for me, when I stand there, I get it. I get the whole diaspora. Like, I understand...

My experiences in Brazil, in Canada, you know, parts of Europe where there are Africans, like, I get it. Like, we all came through that door. And I don't know that there's another physical location that explains the movement of black peoples in the world quite like that point for me.

My experiences in Brazil, in Canada, you know, parts of Europe where there are Africans, like, I get it. Like, we all came through that door. And I don't know that there's another physical location that explains the movement of black peoples in the world quite like that point for me.

You know, what do you experience there? Yeah.

You know, what do you experience there? Yeah.

I just... There is something. It's like a sacred site.

I just... There is something. It's like a sacred site.

And then how do you, what expression do you make? How do I pose?

And then how do you, what expression do you make? How do I pose?