Looking forward to Anderson's reports from Ghana. And the report from Tennessee too – I had hoped you all would eventually report on that situation. Sounds like a good program.

Hey Anderson,

I am glad you are in Ghana. I live in Los Angeles but I am originally from Ghana. I watch your show all the time and I am happy to see you in Ghana. Enjoy your visit!!

Hei Anderson,
I think you are doing a great job. I am ghanaian in atlanta loving your report. I see you are at Elmina and I must say it is a lovely place. Can you visit the Kakum National Park (Rainforest) as well as the Botanical Garden so you can report on those too. They are all in Cape Coast by the University.

CNN- Thank you so very much for bringing this story the light, my God we need to our past if we want to know where we are going in the future. The pictures are amazing to see and to hear the words used to describe what you are feeling and smelling, overwhelms me greatly.

Peace be with you, travel safe. SS

Glad AC's doing a slave castle piece! Kokomon Clottey, originally from Accra, & his wife Aeeshah, counsellors & musicians in Oakland CA, have taken Americans there to do ancestral healing right in the slave castles. Powerful stuff.

Come home safe, Anderson!

I always wanted to know more about slave trade, because its so hard to imagine an incident like that taking place. I believe Anderson would provide a great report

I await AC's report on the President's experience in Ghana and to the Elmina Castle. This is such a monumental period in the lives of Ghanaian. I only wish I was there to witness it and probably even give the President a tour of the slave site. See I am a Ghanaian femaLe living in the US and we appreciate the US president, the first ever black American president fellowshipping with the only-chosen African country. Its truly an honor and hopefully this will put my country back on the map!

Obama we welcome you to Ghana

What an interesting piece of history .. looking forward to hear more about the Ghana story.

The streets of Accra have no doubt been incredibly cleaned up. Beggars are now selling American flags instead of toilet paper. The people are Poor and Hungry and the govt. is corrupt. Anderson should ask Pres. Obama about Buduburum where the UN has crowded thousands of Liberian refugees. The people have no food, no potable water. It is hell there.

Does anyone know if they will visit Kenya?

I am very interested in the piece about Ghana. My family is from there and I have been there several times. I have been to Elmina Castle and it is a very emotional and life changing experience. Everyone needs to go on that journey sometime in there life.

i condem all that took part in the slave trade, but am i wrong in learning that most of the slaves from africa were sold by their elders, chief of their tribes?we still have the slave trade, some of us are just sick. not everyone owned a slave and now alot do not pertake in the current slave trade. england slaughter most of europe and asia. the spainish slaughtered incas and astecs, europeans and americans slaughtered the american indians. so its not just us white guys, its hispanic, black and all races. what are the blacks doing in africa now? killing other blacks. what are the blacks on the streets doing killing other blacks. what is happing in mexico they are kiiling each other. lets figure out why and deal with instead of blaming?and white just become serial killers or kill thier wives and kids, dog , cats, guyt who cut them off. all of us are wrong lets figure it out asd get it right

Looking forward to Anderson's reports from Ghana devoid of negative trivialities like trying to depicts Ghanaians and as such Africans as people without cloths, shelter and are famished.
So far, great job for showing the world the monumental edifice representing one of the world's darkest days – slave trade! Am proud of the level of welcome President Obama is getting in Ghana. Great work Ghana – for making Africa proud!

While Anderson and CNN are reporting from Ghana and Elmina Castle, please remember that President Obama has no connection with slavery. True, his wife is a descendant of enslaved Africans and I am sure he relates to the experience of those who are descendants, but, we must be careful that we correctly identify his relationship to the continent. He is a true African-American, though.

Additionally, I wish that reporters would refrain from calling the Africans still on the continent "slaves". Nobody went to Africa and found "slaves", they were Africans.

Anderson,

Enjoy Ghana! The best part of the country is the people – they have lovely souls.

Also, enjoy the Smithsonian exhibit in Cape Coast. Make note of the excavation in the male slave quarters, and the double door and room for those male slaves which were unruly. You can almost put your hands on the wall and feel the spirit of those who have passed through those portals. I had the opportunity to visit the castle with a dentist from Georgia who knew his family ancestry was through this particular portal. I was able to witness the difficulty and the tears of this man, and the realization that our most of our African-American citizens share a similiar history. Only the strong survived to make it to the shores of the New Americas. I wish for every American who ever has a dark thought regarding race the opportunity to stand where you are standing today. It changes you forever...an experience that we all should be exposed. Interestingly, I also was in attendence with physicians from Nigeria, and interestingly, their experience was similiar to mine – one step removed, obviously their family ancestry was not linked to the slave trade like those with us. I wonder if President Obama's experience is similiar or is a hybrid experience, a blend of the more recent African immigrant and that of his wife's experience. Stay safe, and eat the plantains!

The largest environmental disaster in the history of the US took place 50 years ago in Simi Valley, California. It was a partial nuclear meltdown in a Sodium Reactor, on a 2900 acre facility owned by Rocketdyne and NASA. Lacking any containment structure, radioactive substances were vented out all over the San Fernando Valley for two weeks, and substances like napalm were burned in several pits, thereafter, spreading more toxic substances far and wide in the wind. There were 10 nuclear reactors and also 50,000 rocket engine tests carried out under governement contract.
This nuclear disaster is considered to be 250 times larger than that of Three MIle Island, and there have been numerous cancer cases resulting. July 13 will be the 50th anniversary of this disaster, and there has still not been a cleanup. Concerned citizens and activist are working hard to ensure a clean up that will reach high standards.
This would really make an outstanding story for CNN to do.

stay cool; get plenty of H2O

Thank you Anderson!

grew up in Ghana, attended high school and Cape Coast and also spent 4 years at the University of Cape Coast and then relocated to the US a few years ago. I am really proud of America and the President for such an honor to choose my country out of the 48 African countries. I am also happy to know that Donna Brazile has taken the journey through the fortress at Cape Coast. She definitely recounted her experience in all facts as I spent countless times visiting those castles and writing articles on them.

It’s an incredible but emotional experience because everything feels so real and feels like it’s happening all over again. Anyone who visits Ghana should try and visit Cape Coast and Elimina. Ghanaians are very hospitable and genuine and welcome every good heart into the counrty. Long live America! Long live Ghana!

Hello,

I am also happy that Anderson has received a chance again to visit this continent. However, I think Soledad O'Brien or Don Lemon would have been excellent choices, and not because they are African American (actually I am uncertain if Soledad is part African American) but nevertheless they are both excellent reporters/journalists. Just thought they should have a chance at interviewing the president in Africa as well.

hi i'm from africa and i'm so happy that the obama are going to ghana i will like to know went will he go liberia that where i'm from their are so many thing that is not right in liberia and you pleace help us

@ Susan

Anderson will come back safe. If there's any safer place you can be right now, it's Ghana.

Now just how lucky is one to get an interview with President Obama and .. ...in Africa? how on earth does one get such an interview? What will be the main focus of the interview? Louise, Canadian American who lived in LA for 13 years fascinated by the change under President Obama.

Question re: Randi Kaye's MJ Story

She stated AEG Live concert promoters say MJ "passed" a five-hour physical – we keep hearing that over and over again.

Who administered this physical?

The same doctor with him when he died...Dr. Conrad Murray?

That would explain ALOT!

Thank you!

I am Ghanaian base in Virginia, I am glad AC you are reporting from the motherland. I watch your show all the time and you make me feel home.Keep the good work you have been doing.

Story from Ghana is sad but the history we all need to learn and remember.

Having visited both the Elmina and British slave castles as a business grad student in 1994, I was completely overwhelmed with mix emotions. You have on one hand this thriving fishing town along side a beautiful white sandy beach coastline. Yet, inside the haunting castles were slaves that were standing in the their own feces 24/7. Why? All for economic strength. It blew me away. I prayed that one day the story would be told on a broader American level. Thank you CNN.

What, if anything has he done to protect the civil rights of the African American descendants of the salves who were shipped from Ghana since he has been elected President.

Black American Independent former supporter, now disappointed swing voter.

Finally. the Africans who were shipped across the Atlantic will be heard. Hopefully, the British, Dutch and other European nations will admit their role in this awful crime. Let's stop call it a trade, it was a crime against humanity

Keep up the good work AC, I'm your biggest fan

Great job Anderson and Donna,

Anderson ask the president, what has he done to protect the civil rights of the African American descendants of the salves who were shipped from Ghana since he has been elected President.

be sure not to focus on the immense poverty Ghana is a second class country and there is soo much to see and discover – Tema, Trassaco Valley, Osu, and the list could go on !

In CNN, Is there any one who knows Egypt is in Africa? Since yesterday, I keep hearing you guys saying this is President Obama's first visit to Africa. This is wrong. After he has been a president ,I know he visited Egypt.

The last time I looked at a world map Egypt was and is on the continent of Africa. When CNN says “the first African American President visits African” (Ghana in particle) this is categorically wrong mainly because President Obama was in Cairo, which is in Egypt, and is still on the African continent this past June.

Hi AC, Glad to see you doing a report from the historical site. I plan on taking a few African-Americans next Panafest (2011)

Can you please show the nice places in Ghana we are fed up of seeing the ugly places of Africa all the time.
Let the Americans stop asking questions" if we live of tress.

I know president Obama will be very emotional when he visits the castle .The first lady and the kids will definately weep. All afrcan americans should visit Ghana and see those castles it would definately change their lives.

Hey Anderson,
Don't forget to check out the Teshi village (chief Nicholas), downtown Accra. We were there on Medical mission trip March 14 – 25, 2009.
the scenes will make you cry, given the fact that the village is just down the street from the Presidents house.

It was sad for me at at Basic training when all they ask if i do run and live with monkeysand HIV AIDS. because i they know about Africa was Discovery Channel.
Africa is not all about hunger and poverty.

Divine

Greetings Anderson,

In response to the prompt to pose a question to President Obama, wouldyou please ask him the following:

Given the precedent of dramatic and necessary changes within the US financial system during the last year and a half, what changes with regards to the legacy of un-workable financial and trade arragnements will be made by the US towards Africa?

I am a american living in usa my foreparents were from africa.Ive been to cape coast castle as well as goree island in senegal .As well as the castle at elima in ghana.Im glad finally somebody is showing the horrors that were done to africans.The jews show their holocast and remind everyone.But nobody says anything anout the 25 fort castles that africans were imprisioned in before they were shipped.Our film makers rather make films on thugs and booty call movies instead of showing people the real history.I wish they would show what happened to africans before they exported because of money.Oddly enough there is a fort in downtown accra thats afircans were imprisioned in before they were exported and today its used for a prision. I wish new makers would pay more attention to the history of black people and the truth of what happened instead of being obessed with michael jackson and the things that happened to him.Let the man and the family rest .They have had a horrible thing to go through give them peace.Ive been to african and i love ghana.I wish every american of african descent would go there and then they find what home really feels like.When we went there we had lot of ghanians talking to us wanting to learn what america is about.And the first time I went i talked so much my voice left me.

Anderson, Could you ask President Obama to discuss the idea of reparations for the abuse for those African Americans who can trace their ancestry to the slave trade?

Crimes against humanity have occurred for thousands of years and certainly, the slave trade that occurred for hundreds of years resulting in the involuntary enslavement of Africans is yet another blight on history. For those African-Americans who are descended from slaves who helped to build this country, is it possible to offer thanks to your ancestors for enduring the hardships that allowed you to be born in this country which is truly, the greatest country in the world? Is it possible to think of what life in America is like compared to many of the countries where the slaves were taken away? Certainly, I am not justifying the institution of slavery, but rather, celebrating the contributions that their descendents have made to making the world free for most people ~ but certainly for all Americans, regardless of ones roots.

Hello Anderson,
I can't wait to see your interview with President Obama. I like to ask President Obama about his plans and vision for Africa. Would the US help African's leaders taking off guns from the hands of children? The US is the world leading arms supplier to Africans nations. What can he do to stop the guns distribution by the US to Africa?

I don't get the promos that are running on this visit. This is not President Obama's first trip to Africa. He was in Egypt a month ago. Why are is CNN trying to pretend Egypt isn't on the African continent?

I wanted to thank Anderson for all of his hard work and dedication and understanding of various issues. One thing I would like mention in Anderson s interview of Obama in Ghana is Eritrea's human rights record and about the role Aid has played in conflicts and internal politics in Africa.

I don't understand the promos that are running on CNN about President Obama's trip to Ghana. The promos make it sound like it's his first trip to Africa. But he was in Egypt in June and made a historic speech from Cairo. Why is CNN trying to pretend that Egypt isn't part of the African continent?

Pres. Obama was very wise to choose Ghana because unlike Eritrea it has a decent Human rights record. It sends a very strong message to dictators and corrupt officials.

As a Ghanaian, it is a pleasure to see Obama visit Ghana. I am sure it will not be his last. Even better, is the fact that he took his children, because that is the legacy that will linger the longest. They will love it, feel empowered, and someday return to impact the world. I think exposing our children to other cultures at an early age, is what brings the world together fastest. One small step for Obama, a Giant one for humankind.

Anderson...Great Job. I Think you should find out what was above the dungeon – i.e. the floor above where the slaves where kept – during the slave trade. You would be shocked.

please raise the issue of Eritrea. This must be spoken about. As an upstanding News Organization CNN should speak about the plight of Eritrea and similar countries. People are being tortured and are emensly suffering. I was a defector who fled because I was apart of an underground democratic movement. You are a great journalist Anderson pplease raise the issue briefly.please.

Anderson, make sure you visit Ann Hooper at fairhill guest house in Cape Coast. She will treat you to the ultimate in Ghanaian Hospitality.
She is a Ghanaian woman who lived in new Jersey for some 20 years as a nurse, and returned to establish a Ghanaian American guest house. You will absolutely love it there. Tell her love from Ferdie and family.

Ghana is democratically the gateway to Africa.Prez Clinton adored our democracy.we love peace and are great people to be around with.Prez Bush belived in our political stability.Past leaders like Nkrumah and Kuffour lead the country with pure love and Obama's visit confirms our Political and democratic maturity in Africa and in the world as well.

De-sekyere
Newyork

Anderson
I am an African-American who is married to a Ghanaian. I loved my trip to Ghana last year. The people are so friendly. Africa is beautiful. I went to Cape Coast. The experience was so unbelievable. History at arms length away. Enjoy your trip.

The place of the beginning of the black man's holocaust.....

Anderson I think you are doing a great job. I would like to speak with you when you get back I belong to a non-profit that does work in Ghana Africa for the past 11 years. We are opening a tele-presence cultural center in newark, NJ. We will allow students across the US to take a virtual tour of the slave castles in Ghana. We will also start a dialouge between African students and American students to dispell the myths. I would love to talk to you about your experience

Hi anderson, looking forward to your interview with president obama in ghana. I know that it will exceptional.

Hey Anderson,
It is great that you are in Africa and also to have gone to Elmina (slave house) in exposing to the world of the horrors that had transpired in that building which was built by Europeans, and not by Africans. I am a West Afrian in America but was shocked and embarrassed when I saw your visit to Elmina where slaves were held before they were transported to the 'New World' as we called it in high history. Slavery and slave trade, true was one of the biggest crimes against the black people and my purpose of writing this is to provoke atleast an understanding that would greatly help some African-Americans to better understand the truth behind the origin of slavery.

It would be great if you (Anderson) could engage Ghanian universities history professors to sensitize the people how the slave trade was executed. We the black Africans in America are balme sometimes by some African-Americans for being responsible for slave trade and slavery. Yes, some Africans at the time might have engaged in the obnoxious trade of their own people to Europeans, but 99% of the exercise as I was told at high school in Africa were being carried by Europeans using force on villages on the coast which were mostly affected due to their proximity to the Atlantic ocean. African people resisted the raids and the attacks, but they could not withstand the modern weapons of the Europeans while the Africans were using conventional weapons. This was a positive move by Africans at the time, but is not being recognize by slavery critics. According to oral history passed down onto us, most of the villages in the interior of most West African countries did not experience slave raids because they were far from the ocean.

My intention is for some of the African-Americans to understnad the situation of slavey if you (Anderson) engage these intellectuals on this subject as I can feel the frustration of African-Americans against their black African cousins on something that happened hundreds of years ago by some African ancestors, who unfortunately are not alive today to give an accout of the situation during their lifetime. Anderson's intervention in this subject will help mitigate the widely notion of Africans as traitors against their own people, while the relationship between black Africans and African-Americans is kind of a strain type and is not as cordial as it should be. We are cousins, but there is a big barrier between this two groups- one color, different languages separated by slavery.

Unlike is predecessor who said Africa would not be a priority in his administration, President Obama as already shown in his short time in office that he has the ability to not only improve the relationship with African countries, but also with the rest of the world!
Bob

Unlike his predecessor who said Africa would not be a priority in his administration, President Obama has already shown in his short time in office that he has the ability to not only improve the relationships with African countries, but also with the rest of the world!

We have sent missionaries to Ghana for a long time. I communicated with hundreds by mail myself. We helped them in as many ways as possible,by rebuilding, sending supplies, and whatever other needs we could fulfill. I myself have long since gone to other causes such as painting schools in Guatamala and supporting a child so that he could go to school. Then there was the Lakota Indian tribe in Kyle, South Dakota. We helped do some remodeling on a day care and gutted a building so it could be made into a home for abused and homeless children. I was supposed to go to Panama this year to teach them English, but couldn't. Erica is fantastic and you are such a good reporter and do such a good job in whatever part of the globe you are traveling in. It is admirable to report these things to the world, for the world is watching.

Looking forward to the interview.I am just hoping that there will not be no reportage based on negativity but the incredible work that has been done in Ghana and others African countries lately. We want to see more positive things shown from Africa.

For those who want to have a better sense of the impact of the visit of slave castle please refer to Clinton, Powell and Rice visit to Senegal.

thanks

anderson......much respect due to you as you bring it live from the mother land no one could of done it better than cnn......next stop anderson is guyana south america......anderson keep it up your foot steps are changing the way media does its work........much respect anderson and stay strong i salute you from the city of newark.

I am glad to see you sit down with the presidentand dicuss the country were I am from

Just wanted to correct something i heard on you show last night Anderson, President Obama has been to Africa before in Egypt which is in Africa. Your sit in anchor erroneosly said that President Obama has never visited Africa as a sitting President.

I am so glad that the President is there. I wonder how he feels there? Does he feel some kind of connection to that place?

Hi Anderson

I'm praying that we don't see tears coming out from President Obama in the middle of his tour at the Castle. My Dad is from Elmina (Cape Coast) and have been at the castle once, I don't want to see what my Great Grand parents went through again, we have move forward.

Ekow is name the people of Cape Coast gives to any boy born on Thursday, tell me the day of the week you were born and I will tell you your Ghanaian Name

Hope you enjoy your stay

Hey Anderson, bravo, for going to our peaceful country Ghana. We always watch your show and think you're doing a great job. Hope you enjoy being in Ghana. Love from California.

The commentary by Donna Brazile on her experience in Ghana at the holding place for slaves before they were loaded onto boats was just extroardinarily powerful and brought me to tears.

Question for tomorrow for President Barack Obama

The stories of the people that have visited the door of no return and absorbed the penetrating anguish that seeps throughout their souls with their ancestor’s angst are paralyzing. We must never forget the sacrifice and struggle that these human beings endured, just like every Jewish household teaches their history that is horrifically hollow yet cleansing to caress.

How would you as president of a country that history was formed on the backs of thousands of enslaved African human beings peruse, acknowledge and instill another perspective to their history, our history?

Sincerely,
Jacqueline S.
Los Angeles, CA

AC 360 thank you for your work & all CNN crew. With your honesty reports that i've followed throughout the war, i believe you will give same coverage from Ghana.Iam very happy you are there, hey! Anderson try and ask for resh coconut & orange they are very refreshing. Take care.GOD Bless you.

In looking to the past with Obama's visit to the slave ports in Ghana..let's not forget that today we still have 800k people world wide being trafficked into slavery each year.

While in Africa Obama needs to speak to those Afirca nations that are failing their people and still allowing them to be exploited .

Africa American activist leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson need to need to shift some of their focus from domestic issues and help those from that can't help themselves after all Africa is the home of their forefathers .

Slavery dates as far back as human history and existed in every culture.

African slave traders like Tipo Tip sold millions of slaves for export to the new world via the British, Dutch and Portuguese.

It's somewhat ironic that today the new world is slave free but in some Africa nations slavery still exists.

Anderson, than you for the reports from Ghana. You made me miss my country .Isn't it an awesome place to see? Well enjoy whilst there, it's a friendly country. I know you are an honest reporter, so you will come back with positive reports. Say hello to the President & his Family.

I just got back to Sacramento, having visited Accra and Cape Coast Castle last week. It is astonishing that in the part of the castle where the powder magazine was located, I still could smell the explosives. Visiting the dungeons reminded me of the conditions I saw at the Terezen concentration camp, only worse.

One question I'd like Anderson to pose to the President is to ask why there is no tax treaty between the United States and Ghana. The absence of a treaty imposes difficulties on businesses to avoid double taxation of income.

Anderson, thank you for the reports from Ghana. You made me miss my country .Isn't it an awesome place to see? Well enjoy whilst there, it's a friendly country. I know you are an honest reporter, so you will come back with positive reports. Say hello to the President & his Family.

Hi Anderson

I am a Ghanaian residing in New Jersey and want to welcome you and CNN to my home away from home. Ghanaian hospitality is second to none in the world and I hope you will come away from your visit in agreeance with this reputation. Have a safe trip and as they say in Twi, "Akwaaba"

Michael Adjei
Piscataway, NJ

Anderson i wolud like to thank you for your effort to travel to Ghana with President Obama and expect to see more from Ghana on monday.But i want to correct you like others before me have commented you need to educate your viewers that you are in Ghana not Africa because it has come my attention that most people here are ignorant they think Africa is a country.Besides this is not the first African country Obama has travelled to remember he went to Egypt.

A question for President Obama

Dear Anderson: Thank you for your excellent AC360 program and for arranging the tomorrow's interview with President Obama. I would like to pose a question for President Obama about "The New Order for the World". With the advent of Internet,, satellite TV, and cell phone, people in developing countries can no longer be kept at dark. The days of US backed monarchies will come to end sooner or later and the Iranian 1979 revolution will spread in the Middle East. With this brief background, my question to President Obama is: Is he going to bring a New Order to the world where US will support people-based governments literally? This would certainly improves US image and support among the people in the Middle Eastern countries significantly; otherwise, US will lose all those countries.

Best,
HS

As an African( Ghana ) living in America, I am proud to have the sitting president of America is visiting my country for our strong commitment to democracy.
Anderson i look forward to you usual objective reportage.I love you.

AC, I've enjoyed the coverage so far. Don't forget that Kofi Anaan – the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations (1997 to 2006) is Ghana's son..

This is great moments to its hights about the history of this country Ghana (West Africa) and the U S A, and I Hope it's going to add to the knowledge of many.

thank you cnn .
my name is Abigail Amoah and originally form Ghana. i know people watching your show from Ghana will let them know where they are from with the vist to the castal . Am really happy the he chose Ghana. enjoy yor vist .
Abigail Amoah

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I want your job.

Hi,

Re: President Obama's visit to Cape Coast Castle

Viewers who are interested in learning more about this wretched historical place might want to get hold of "The Door of No Return: The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade" by William St. Clair (2006). I read this book a year ago and found it to be a very insightful biography of England's role in the slave trade. I learned, for example, that the money used were coins embedded with "Elephant and Castle" logos, which was the official currency/code of arms of Cape Coast Castle. Worth a read. Steve from Toronto.

Thank you Anderson for taking the pains to inform and educate the world on issues taking place around the globe. As you are covering the visit of President Obama to Ghana, I think it is necessary for the world community to come together and put up international body to help African countries conduct free and fair election to bring stability and security to this region. As the world is mount ing presure on Iran and North Korea to stop nuclear proliferation, let the world come together and sign understanding for international body to conduct elections in African countries for twenty years. Thank you.

I just cannot wait to see your piece on AC 360 on monday. You are one of the best in the cable business, and CNN is the BEST. I am a Ghanaian, and I watch your program faithfully. Erica Hill your co anchor is doing agreat job. In all I am glad to see AC 360, and CNN show Africa, and Ghana specifically in a postive light.
Thank you !!!