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Today has been very meaningful for me. Our visit to the ATCte memorial made me reflect on how important it is to live in Freedom. It seems unbelievable that since the beginning of human history, human beings have committed such atrocities. As teachers we have a responsibility to educate future generations to fight against this injustice. Today more than 34.8 million people are still living in slavery, let us not forget.

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The thought that in every part of the world at any time people were and are deported against their will, because of their origin, their faith or for economic reasons, left me today with a feeling of helplessness - and at the same time the recurring urge to make this fact conscious again and again.
At the same time, I am in awe of the seemingly deeply rooted hope that people can have.
History, whether it is our personal history, that of our ancestors or that of our fellow human beings, shapes us in our thoughts and actions, means in our awareness of ourselves and our culture. That is why it is important for me to keep certain events and happenings in mind, to bring them to the attention of my students and to discuss them together in the context of new developments and to further develop perspectives on them.

In addition, in Pointe-à-Pitre I came further into contact with the culture and life on Guadeloupe, which I am very pleased about.

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How interesting it has been to learn so much about the history of slavery in the Caribbean islands! Interesting and, at the same time, very sad to be able to get close to events that should never have happened. I was very impressed by the moment in the museum when you could see how people were transported by boat from Africa and even hear them breathing.  Unfortunately, events like this will continue to happen to a greater or lesser extent. Let's do our bit as educators to publicise them so that our students can learn about these realities

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I met a Guadeloupian music composer on the bus ride to Pointe-a-Pitre. We talked about work, family, travels and life in Guadeloupe. I discovered that we have same aspirations and worries no matter where we live. It was strange how his thoughts about travelling mirrored our discussions from Tuedsay: he said that he likes travelling because when he is amongst a strange culture, he learns more about himself.

Memorial ACTe was beautifully constructed and the exhibition was thought-provoking and captivating. I learned a lot about slavery, its history and the lives of slaves in the Caribbean. One of the most depressing facts I learned today was that slavery continues in modern times, we just don’t recognise it as such. I am overwhelmed by the human cruelty, and at the same time I don’t want to lose hope.

Thinking back on national identity, I wonder what kind of a effect does such a painful, disruptive heritage have on the development of national identity. Is there underlying resentment and hatred against the oppressors and their descendants? If yes, how does it shape one’s identity?

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I liked a lot Rita´s introduction outside the museum and the photo is also from there. From that moment, for me the most memorable single thing was that when there is no common language, there is no communication or rebelling either. So that´s a way to keep peopled slaved.

At the museum I learned so many fact about slavery today! I have somehow (because it hasn´t been close to me personally) been under the impression that slavery was apandoned in Europe and Guadeloupe at the same time (earlier than in USA). The term modern slavery was also new for me, but it´s very descripting.

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I was really shocked to learn that slavery came back under Napoleon Bonaparte even though it was abolished some years earlier. So many people were fighting and dying to reach the abolition, and then, the government took it away, using this terrible sentence that literary means that black people can't handle freedom.

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Eventhough slavery was abolished hundreds of years ago the memory still lives within descendants and moves them in different ways. I was astonished that although one might have not experienced something themselves it is still implemented in our genes. One of the exhibited artist's (born sometime around 1970) drawings about slavery made me think of the knowledge, experiences, feelings... that were handed down to me by my ancestors.
Through teaching English I am frequently reminded that racism and especially white sense of superiority is a topic we need to talk about again and again and again to not let history repeat itself and make the world a better place for everyone. Let the students experience other perspectives and values and make them understand that although people can be fairly different we're all human in the end.