Okechukwu's journey to the ship

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I don't know how far we walked but it was a long way. My head hurt and I felt so sick. Then we came to a huge building. I had never seen anything like it before but all I could look at were the strange pale men with their metal sticks. I thought that maybe they were there to help us, but their violent ways and rough language soon told me different.

The walk across Africa.
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Kofi's journey to the ship

Kofi also finds the walk to the coastal fort very difficult. Once there he sees black people fighting black people and white fighting black.

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Oyeladun's journey to the ship

Oyeladun refused to leave her village so is dragged to a holding area on the coast. She is held there for three days.

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Kwame's journey to the ship

Kwame is chained and endures a nine-day walk to the coast where he and the other young men are loaded onto a ship.

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