Steve Harvey Moved to Tears as He Visits Ghana’s Slave-trading Castle

*Steve Harvey and his family honored The Year of the Return by visiting the Ghana Slave Castles on the cape coast. 

Last year, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo declared 2019 the Year of Return, which encourages people of African descent to visit the nation and explore their roots, and even return to live there permanently.

The castle, originally erected in 1482 by Portuguese slavers, is the oldest extant European structure in sub-Saharan Africa. 

The “Family Feud” host was joined by his family for a tour of the historical site, check out his posts below. 

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This was real pain I felt going back to Ghana’s slave castles…I could feel my ancestors on me… Powerful beyond words that I can explain. I encourage as many of you as possible to go HOME for your ancestors. Their strength is in each of us and we must honor their ultimate sacrifice in all that we do. #TheYearofTheReturn ?: @madebycourtney

A post shared by Steve Harvey (@iamsteveharveytv) on Aug 17, 2019 at 2:21am PDT

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The slave dungeons lacked windows and were poorly ventilated, and a total lack of sanitation meant the slaves were forced to walk around in human waste, which sickened many.

Male and female slaves were separated into separate dungeons, and the women were often raped by their captors.

Slaves could spend up to three months in the dank, squalid conditions before being shipped away.

Restoration on the site was begun in the 1990s, and it’s now one of Ghana’s top tourism destinations. 

This was real pain I felt going back to Ghana’s slave castles…I could feel my ancestors on me… Powerful beyond words that I can explain. #TheYearofTheReturn pic.twitter.com/RYYtmK0LrG

— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) August 17, 2019

Harvey was brought to tears when he visited the dungeons on Saturday, and he shared his emotions in several posts on Instagram. 

“This was real pain I felt going back to Ghana’s slave castles…I could feel my ancestors on me… Powerful beyond words that I can explain,” he wrote (see IG embed above). “I encourage as many of you as possible to go HOME for your ancestors. Their strength is in each of us and we must honor their ultimate sacrifice in all that we do. #TheYearofTheReturn”

 

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Leaving out of the Cape Coast Slave Castles there was a group of brothers waiting to meet me… They showed me so much love… Thank you for that welcome back home Soldiers. #TheYearofTheReturn #Ghana

A post shared by Steve Harvey (@iamsteveharveytv) on Aug 17, 2019 at 10:53am PDT

In a follow-up post he added, “Leaving out of the Cape Coast Slave Castles there was a group of brothers waiting to meet me… They showed me so much love… Thank you for that welcome back home Soldiers. #TheYearofTheReturn #Ghana.”

The third post is a clip of Harvey in Botswana sharing encouraging words to a group of locals — watch below.

 

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I told God, if he helped me make it out of that car when I was homeless, I would tell EVERYONE about him… Even in #Botswana ! ??

A post shared by Steve Harvey (@iamsteveharveytv) on Aug 19, 2019 at 10:39am PDT

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