Ntoreasee Otuko To view the “Middle Passage” with…

Ntoreasee Otuko

To view the “Middle Passage” with an Afrikan mind, we will use the Twi (a dialect of the Akan people of West Afrika) term Ntoreasee Otuko (pronounced n-tor-ah-ee-see oh-too-koh) to describe this horrific event in ourstory. Literally, Ntoreasee Otuko means a “genocidal forced emigration/exile/captivity.” This fits the depiction we are seeking because it speaks to both intent and process. The way in which we were captured and brought here was against every fiber of our will and fully intended to destroy all psychological and genetic memory of ourselves. Of course, it makes no real difference whether we use this particular Afrikan term or another. What is important is that we use Afrikan terminology.

Mwalimu K. Bomani Baruti

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