THIS WEEK IN SAMINAKA--JUNE 29 to JULY 5

TUESDAY JUNE 30 at 5:30 pm SLT & 6:30 SLT. As the Middle Passage Experience draws to a close (though we are extending it a little longer), we are going to have a once-only GUIDED tour, so you can be sure you don't miss anything. It starts at 5:30 with Tamsin (the beach infohub has a Teleport to the tour's beginning), and will end up at Safe Haven Haven Landing with Indea Vaher. Immediately afterward (at about 6:30 or maybe a little sooner) Acuminous Watanabe will facilitate a discussion of how reenacting this tragic historical exodus affected participants. Were you too reluctant to do it? Did the sight of the Door of No Return make you cringe? Did the thought of manacles clench your stomach? You were not alone. Talk it out. Acu is a fabulous counselor, and you will find yourself processing and gaining a sense of healing.

The tour is going to be filmed by Winn Wellman, as well as by a news crew from Treet.TV for their program "Designing Worlds"--exciting indeed!

A box holding all the before and after stories of the ten African lives explored in the Experience is now available at Saminaka for free.

SATURDAY, JULY 4 at 5 pm SLT. An envoy from the American Embassy (tee-hee) will set off firecrackers for a rollicking good time down by the Manatee Lookout. Fireworks? Of course! They are likely to spook the manatee, but she'll settle down.