Obama Grandpa in Cape Coast: Daily Guide Ghana

Quoted via Daily Guide Ghana:

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama’s great-great grandfather had told his family that the last point they arrived at before being shipped to Virginia, USA as slaves, was the British Cape Coast Castle.

This was disclosed to DAILY GUIDE in an exclusive interview with Hon. Fritz Baffour, Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ablekuma Constituency, who acted as a tour guide to the US First Couple.

He said President Obama’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Robinson, was the most emotional during the tour of the old slave post last Saturday.

He noted that even though the Obamas were unable to locate the exact part of Ghana or West Africa their ancestor came from, “the Obama family was visibly touched in body language” during the tour.

Mrs. Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother, was very emotional when she reached the ‘Door of No Return’ at the Cape Coast Castle in the Central Region of Ghana. more