in Nigeria.... Rides! Robots! The Jackson 5 - the 'Biggest African Group in the world"?
"This will be an adventurous ride giving you an historical overview
of African music. From hologram images, concert footage, a state of the
art recording facility, to robotic figures displaying the rhythmic
beats from 300 years ago where music began leading up to the biggest
African group in the world, The Jackson Five," The Motherland Group
(TMG) said.
From news.com.au
Marlon Jackson is said to be prepared to invest in a $5.3 billion theme park
where tourists can visit a replica slave ship and walk the route of
shackled slaves, before playing a round of golf or relaxing by a pool,
reports The Guardian
The former Jackson Five band member and the Badagry Historical
Resort Development Project hope the park will attract African-American
tourists keen to trace their roots back to Nigeria.
But critics have labeled the theme park inappropriate and an insult to the dead.
"It is not appropriate from a cultural or historical point of view," Nigerian historian Toyin Falola told the BBC.
"Moneymaking and historical memory are allies in the extension of
capitalism. You cry with one eye and wipe it off with a cold beer,
leaving the other eye open for gambling."
However, the investment group behind the plan says it will honour
the history of the transatlantic slave trade and provide employment
opportunities for Nigerians.
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TMG believes the resort will pull in 1.4m visitors in the first year, rising to 4.4m in five years.
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