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MY AFRIKA

A king is not just someone that carries a crown of gold or My experience at Badagry
reed on his head, sitting on a throne of gold or wood, but In 2014, around September or
one who either intentionally or unintentionally searches out so, the Lord asked me to go to

and carries out the hidden matters of God for their lives and Badagry in Lagos to carry out an
nation. assignment, which clearly was
Samuel Phillips very dear to His heart. I spent
a week in Badagry in a friend's
I t is the glory of God to conceal a grated, the newly independent nation family home. It was an assigment

which I only got the details of
matter, But the glory of kings is to
chose for itself a new name: Ghana.
when I arrived there. Badagry is
search out a matter. Proverbs 25:2.
This Soninke word for “warrior king”
is a fitting tribute to the region’s rich a border town between Nigeria
The above scripture was on my mind history and to the fierce persistence and Benin Republic. It's a for-
as I reflected one early morning on that led its people to independence. mer slave route town and even
the cover story for this issue, which There is so much to learn from the still has the various ports and

speaks of Ghana as the land of the little story shared about the indepen- buildings used for the dreadful
kings. This is not just some made up dence of Ghana, but I particularly Atlantic Slave Trade. So basical-
story or sensational ideas designed love the fact that the newly indepen- ly, Badagry is a very popular and
to stir up some reactions or what- dent nation chose her own name. A important historic site in Afrika.
ever, but a true reality which is also name with a deep meaning which
found in the literal meaning of the resonates with the true destiny of I got to Badagry and started my

name Ghana. Ghana literally means a what every nation in Afrika is. Names one week stay. It was actually
young warrior king. This is the truth are very important in telling the true fun for me because I naturally
about Ghana's identity as allowed by destiny of a person or people. And enjoy historical places, especial-
the Creator Who puts people in the Ghana simply bears a most beautiful ly for the stories and events they
various places on the earth. But to name that truly reflects a great des- portray. So on this particular
give a little more depth to this reality, tiny. The simple truth is that, anyone day during my visit, I remember
I will shortly share an experience that who has the ability to create his own it was the day of the Jewish Yom
I had with the Lord in 2014, which reality by the name chosen, definitely Kippur (The Day of Atone-

I believe will give more strength to is one who can stand tall for a chosen ment), the Lord asked me to go
the reality of Ghana being the land purpose. to the old slave port to make a
of the warrior kings. Another thing about Ghana that declaration. So I went there with

is worth noting is, she was the first one of my friends who took it
Ghana's Independence colony in Sub-Saharan Afrika to gain upon himself to take me around.

On March 6, 1957, the British Gold independence from the colonizers. We followed the slave route that
Coast (Now known as Ghana) be- By simple law of nature, anything led to the seashore where slaves
came the first colony in Sub-Saharan that comes first becomes a model for were carried into boats and
Afrika to gain independence from others to follow. So for Ghana, you transferred onto the slave ships
European colonial rule. are truly a model and a land of war- anchored in the sea. The entire
In honor of the ancient empire from riors whose destiny propels others to journey was very surreal; the
which some of its people had mi- take a good stand for purpose. kind that makes you feel like the
souls of those lost slaves were

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