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Published: June 3, 2012
10 Reasons Why You Should All Visit Africa at Least Once in Your Lifetime
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1st Trip: January 6 to January 15, 2013
2nd Trip: July 14 to July 29, 2013
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10 Reasons Why You Should All Visit Africa at Least Once in Your Lifetime
By Smith Georges
"I have underscored some undeniable facts:"
1- We should all visit Africa because it is the place where the first human being walked the face of the earth.
2- Africa is the place of evolution of the human species (Homo Sapiens.) The origin of all human beings is traced to Black Eastern Africa, then a subset of Africans left that continent around 50,000 years ago to migrate elsewhere and populate the rest of the world. Along the way mutations occurred, which resulted in the creation of people of different ethnicities and races that we see in the today’s modern world.
3- We have to reclaim our identity and emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because we have internalized generations of doubt and fears about who we are as a people and what we can accomplish. Having survived the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the barbarism of slavery, the degradation of racism and the exploitation of colonization, the African Diaspora and the modern Africa are nothing but “a miracle.”
4- We have to know our heritage because the entire system of slavery was dedicated to preventing us from preserving any memories of Africa, our ancestors' tribal identities, our religions, the languages we spoke there, the customs we practiced, even our African names.
5- Slavery was a carefully conceived effort to rob our people of all family ties and the most basic sense of self-knowledge. Slave owners didn't want their slaves building family trees.
6- The birthplace of the father of Toussaint Louverture (Toussaint Louvertue was the Haitian hero who declared universal human rights for the entire humanity. He was also the brain behind the creation of the first Black independent country by defeating the Spanish, the English and the French (Napoleonic troops.) There is a Toussaint Louverture Park in Benin (West Africa)
7- The continent where most languages are spoken
8- The continent with the most spectacular natural beauty with breathtaking landscapes, wildlife as well as modernity.
9- The only continent where the only seven ancient wonders of the world still exists (The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, and the Great Phinx.)
10- Ignorance and misunderstanding of our own history have served as a limitation on what we can achieve. The first modern Africans, who were kidnapped and brought to this side of the Atlantic as enslaved Africans in 1503, are not distant at all to our African brothers and sisters who are still living on the continent of Africa today, where we, in the African Diaspora, are connected genetically, historically, culturally and spiritually.
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Don't believe the hype. Africa is not far. Did you know it takes you the same amount of time (7 hours, 40 minutes) to travel from JFK Airport (New York City) to France (Europe) as it takes you to travel from JFK to Senegal (Africa?)
First Trip (January 6 to January 15, 2013)
We will visit two countries: BENIN and TOGO
We will depart from JFK Airport in New York City
(Everything included)
- Round Trip Ticket
- Visa for BENIN
- Visa for TOGO
- Hotel in Benin
- Hotel in Togo
- 3 meals daily
- Cultural Performance and entertainments by local artists
- Nights out (night life)
- Visit to churches/Religion of all denominations
- Safari (Wildlife)Tour
- Visit to Toussaint Louverture Park
- Meeting with the king of Allada (birthplace of the father of Toussaint Louverture)
- Meeting with other kings
- Visit to 2 historical museums
- Visit to the ruins of the Kingdom and Empire of Dahomey
- Visit to the Road and Gate of No-Return
- Visit to the public open market
- Reception and Mingling with the locals
- General sightseeing
- A day at the beach
- Insurance
- Medical care
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Click on the link below to watch a video related to this article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMztsn3tt8
For more information, Visit our website www.RediscoverHaiti.com
Call us toll free at (877) 889-3937 or (718) 285-8618 New York, USA
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