African Burial Grounds

Jazzmin Tennessee

Post 7

This past Saturday I went on the New York trip to the African burial grounds. On the trip up to New York I was very excited to learn some new things that I never knew about before. Visiting the African burial grounds was important to me because it brought me closer to the ancestors and how they lived. I like how at the beginning we did the libations with Dr.Carr that was a really nice and peaceful moment and I really enjoyed it. One thing that I really liked about the burial grounds was the fact that they let us touch things and be interactive in the museum, because it really made me feel connected. I also really like when we went outside to the memorial site where we learned about the Sankofa symbols, and walked through the monument which from one side looks like an unfinished pyramid but from the other side looks like a ship, when we entered the monument all together to see what it would feel like to be captured for months with barely any room and maybe even a dead or dying person sitting right next to you i was overwhelmed with emotions. Something that I was expecting to see was actual burial sites and maybe even some bodies but I did enjoy it all. The trip to the burial grounds helped me to realize just how much our African ancestors went through and what they did for the country that we all live in today. This is a trip that I believe everyone should take just for the memory and the story behind the great ancestors that we know so little about. I really enjoyed the African burial grounds and I hope that everyone I know gets the chance to go one day and experience just for a moment the struggles that our ancestors went through. I now have a better understanding and an even greater appreciation for those who came before us.