The Nigerian born American based dancehall and hip hop Superstar,
General Pipe and his crew were on a history tour with the award winning tour
guide, museum curator and historian, Anago James Akeem Osho in Lagos Nigeria.
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| General Pipe and crew visits Anago James Akeem Osho on a Slave History tour |
The trip was entertaining, social, deep and spiritual. The
educational and social history tour was a
journey back to the past. It is not flattering to acknowledge the esposure and intelligence of Gen. Pipe as he spoke with wisdom and understanding of world politics as it affect Africa, and especially the youth.
journey back to the past. It is not flattering to acknowledge the esposure and intelligence of Gen. Pipe as he spoke with wisdom and understanding of world politics as it affect Africa, and especially the youth.
The tour was momentarily solemn as Anago began to reveal the
comparative past in the present. The slave history education is emotional but
in it are façade of lessons to be learnt by Africans, Blacks in Diaspora and
the world at large.
The trans-Atlantic slave journey through the middle passage
was the biggest forceful migrations that the world ever witnessed. It was a
holocaust.
‘’The past is still relevant today’’, so says General Pipe.
Mr Raymond Efei, his manager, concluded by saying, ’’Anago, it is important for
us to organize more tours like this for Musicians and Artists. It will help in
educating the populace for a positive social change. These artistes and
superstars can use what they learnt as materials in their works’’.
He continued by saying ‘’ Anago brought the history of over
400 years back to life. It was as if I was watching a movie’’. According to
General Pipe, ‘’the stories became more daunting as Anago showed us slaving
instruments that were relics of the slave trade and he took us around the slave
barracoon.
The tour took the crew of General Pipe across the lagoon on
a speed boat to the point of no return GberefuBadagry. Walking on the slave
route was not easy, they all began to lament and imagined the experience of
shackled slaves, walking under the scotching sunlight without shoes and clothes
on.
People hardly thought of the fact that the slaves actually
used their feet to clear the footpaths they threaded on.
General Pipe was glad that he could make the trip. He said
before coming for the trip, he had made an extensive research on slave history.
The education and experiences he gathered will help him a lot in his next music
album.