dynamicafrica: “My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.” Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means? What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine. The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves. (read more)
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dynamicafrica: “My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.” Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means? What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine. The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves. (read more)
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dynamicafrica: “My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.” Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means? What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine. The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves. (read more)
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dynamicafrica: “My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.” Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means? What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine. The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves. (read more)
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dynamicafrica: “My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.” Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means? What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine. The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves. (read more)
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dynamicafrica: “My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.” Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means? What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine. The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves. (read more)
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dynamicafrica:

“My village has a  girl’s name and a very dark history of slavery.”

Edina. Edina, do I even know what it means?
What I do know is, most people know my village by its other name: Elmina, which means the mine.
The Portuguese called it the mine because  there, they found abundance of gold; and over time, lots of slaves.
(read more)