Retracing Our Steps - The Path To Development

"We need to learn more about the slave trade, find out the roles of our ancestors in its perpetration, use it as a basis to understand our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora, and find out how to turn that tragedy into something more positive for our country, our continent and our people both here and in the Diaspora." These were the words of Mr Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, Minister of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital City, when he launched this year's Emancipation Day celebration under a sub-theme: "Retracing Our Steps-The Path to Development" on April 14 in Accra.