Whether you've been to Africa or not, everyone should see and experience the last place where enslaved people stepped through - The Door of No Return at the El Mina Castle, El Mina, Ghana.

The poem is an excerpt from the book, One Voice Of A People by Stephen Q. Gray, which is also available in the marketplace.

This incredible poster is a powerful compilation emotionally, visually and mentally and spiritually that honors our ancestors.

Here's an small section of the poem -

An uncertain “new world” was on the horizon; one without love, family, or faith, devoid of tradition and culture; strange tastes and languages, a new name, and an identity branded by fire.

The Door of No Return, stands as a portal filled with the winds of change.

From the ocean breeze that was barely felt at the bottom of the crowded slave ship;

To the gentle breeze of temporary relief on a swelteringly hot day while laboring in the fields;

To the cool breeze that came off the ocean during the slave market as a family is torn apart;

To the freezing winter winds that came with a low howl as it blew through the cracks in the walls of your slave cabin on the plantation.