Singers at Pickworo slave camp, Ghana

Video March 25, 2014
© Elena Gadjanova, MPI-MMG

In this film the singers are performing a song originally sung by slaves held at Pickworo slave camp in Northern Ghana. To keep up morale and maintain a sense of normality, slaves were allowed entertainment at certain times of the day. The lyrics call for courage and endurance.

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