My African Burial Ground Experience

Shareef Abdul Malik
This was my first trip into the city of New York. When exiting off the bus on 125th and Douglas, I never felt the rush of excitement, the rush of potential, the rush of life. This trip was the most inspirational trips that I have ever experienced, and I would love to take more. I was not able to go on the 2nd of October with my group because of family issues but I believe I went on the right day. I was said that 10 to 12 million Africans were captured and transported world wide as part of the transatlantic salve trade from the 1500s to the 1800s. I think that the history of our ancestors should have been covered more thoroughly, maybe a trip to the Blacks and Wax museum in Baltimore. I say that because it bothered me when some of the students were making unnecessary jokes about the history. I believe that the history of Muslim slaves should have been covered more because a big portion of the museum's dedication was towards Muslims. I noticed a wax figure of Muslims slaves praying in a circle together, the women had on their head wraps and the men had their hands in the position for prayer. The young Muslim children use to write on a wooden board to memorized the Quran. This is proof of their literacy and obligation to learning their scriptures. I gathered the proper understanding of the middle passage, and that before it, the 30 million slave that were captured only 13 million of them survived to the middle passage. This I must say was the highlight of my year thus far.