During our 2021 visit to Gulu and Pader in Northern Uganda, for the Rich Diction 'You and Your World' adventure, we visited Baker's Fort.
This Fort in Patiko, was built by Sir Samuel Baker, believed to have led he fight against slave trade in Northern Uganda. Slavery, at any level, is unacceptable.
On touring the fort, the guide educated us on the harshness of slavery, showed us the narrow spaces where slaves went, never to return at all. The places where they walked to their inevitable end.
On the ground, and this was the most harrowing image, were dried red marks of blood, reminders of the brutal murders during that time.
Fort Patiko is a tourist site and there are many educational lessons from the elders as well, whom we were blessed to have a chat with. The scars on the mountains and rocks are places to learn from the past. Rock climbers take joy in the thrill of climbing over the sturdy terrain.
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