Historian Liz Mitchell “Returns” to Africa to Honor Her Ancestors

Bloomington historian Liz Mitchell at the entrance to a slave site in Ghana. Photo by Proster Kwanson



by CRAIG COLEY
photography by PROSTER KWANSON

Fulfilling a 40-year dream, local historian Liz Mitchell traveled to Africa with her husband, James, to visit the places her ancestors last saw before being sold into slavery. Here, in words and photographs, she shares her story of “returning” to Africa.




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