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Darker than I was prepared for

On to Togo searching for connections to the past
Ewe (/i-we/)

I recognize this quest for connection
Children of colonial cultures searching for roots in peoples and lands from before
And the so often confusion of those peoples thinking you did not grow here, you are not us

We all think we’re different in the beginning

Wow - Yolanda’s Mozambican Princess foremother’s story sounds like an amazing tale to share!

Laughing a bit reading the description of what happens to find these shipwrecks - a much abbreviated version of what was in R’s diss which detailed the methodology and the science of the sonar etc tech and the shifting sea bottom. I don’t remember details sadly, but I recognize the shape of it. What would she be doing now I wonder? Still researching off Ghana perhaps

So much in ocean and beyond. I so want to be doing this with her
But how I wish I could write an application for /anything/ on a moment’s notice

This is overwhelming betwn the wow + then moments of fear of ocean diving + then thinking how Rachel wld be right there if she was still here + then the writer’s own feelings of wanting to be able to do this + trying to prepare - she’s rushing something that is exciting but could be dangerous if not done thoroughly. And I remember R talking about the sea being even more difficult near these shipwrecks o’course