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‫♪ GOTTA BE, BE, GO

‫♪ LET'S GO, IT'S ‫MY SHOW, YEAH ♪

‫♪ LET'S GET IT CRACKIN' ‫WITH MY SHOW, YEAH ♪

‫,AH, AFRICA... THE MOTHERLAND

‫.CRADLE OF HUMANITY

‫.WE'RE ALMOST THERE

‫?CAN YOU FEEL THE ELECTRICITY

‫I CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING

‫AFTER THE 23 ‫.SHOTS I HAD TO GET

‫?YOU TOOK THEM ALL IN YOUR ARM

‫YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ‫?WANTED ME TO TAKE 'EM

‫YOUR MOTHER AND I ALWAYS ‫.DREAMED OF BRINGING YOU HERE

‫WE'VE SAVED FOR THIS TRIP ‫.SINCE YOU WERE LITTLE

‫.I JUST WANT TO SEE THE TIGERS

‫THERE AREN'T ANY

‫.TIGERS IN AFRICA. I KNOW

‫I JUST SAID IT ‫.TO GET YOUR GOAT

‫?ARE THERE ANY GOATS

‫ACTUALLY, THERE ARE ‫THOUSANDS OF ANIMAL SPECIES

‫,ELEPHANT RHONE ANTELOPES ‫,LION-HEARTED BEASTS

‫,LEOPARD WATERBUCKS

‫,TOBONGO CHIMPANZEES

‫.BUSHBUCK OLIVE BABOONS

‫!AAH

‫[[WHISTLING

‫.OH, CHILDREN, JUST LOOK AT IT

‫.YO, POPS, IT'S AN AIRPORT

‫YES, BUT IT'S AN ‫.AIRPORT IN AFRICA

‫[HEY! [WHISTLES

‫!TAXI

‫!TRO TRO

‫?TRO TRO

‫THAT'S WHAT YOU ‫.CALL THOSE VEHICLES

‫SOME OF US WERE ‫PAYING ATTENTION

‫WHEN DADDY WAS TELLING ‫.US ALL THE BORING STUFF

‫.[CHUCKLES] THAT'S RIGHT

‫!TRO TRO

‫ACCRA HAS BEEN THE CAPITAL ‫.OF GHANA FOR OVER 200 YEARS

‫OURS WAS THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN ‫.COLONY TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE

‫.FROM THE BRITISH IN 1957

‫?CHECK IT OUT! WHAT'S THAT

‫.Driver: INDEPENDENCE MONUMENT

‫THE BLACK STAR REPRESENTS

‫AFRICAN FREEDOM ‫.FROM COLONIALISM

‫.AND RIGHT OVER HERE IS ‫THE W.E.B ,DuBOIS CENTER

‫WHERE THE GREAT AMERICAN ‫.CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER IS BURIED

‫THAT'S RIGHT. HE WAS A ‫.PROPONENT OF PAN-AFRICANISM

‫?DIDN'T WE GET A SHOT FOR THAT

‫PAN-AFRICANISM IS THE ‫BELIEF IN THE UNITY

‫OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE

‫IN THEIR CULTURAL ‫.CONNECTION TO AFRICA

‫IT SAYS THAT THE BLOOD ‫IN HISTORY WE SHARE

‫BINDS US TOGETHER AS STRONGLY ‫.AS ANY NATIONAL BORDER

‫.ONE PEOPLE, MANY LANDS

‫?CAN YOU FEEL IT

‫.YEAH, I FEEL IT

‫[[SNORING

‫?RICHIE? RICHIE

‫OH, RIGHT. GUESS I'M ‫.A LITTLE OUT OF RANGE

‫?RICHIE, ARE YOU THERE

‫?Virgil: RICHIE

‫!?RICHIE

‫!HEY! RICHIE

‫?V-MAN! HOW'S THE TRIP

‫!IT'S AMAZING

‫THERE ARE BLACK ‫.PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

‫.DUDE, YOU'RE IN AFRICA

‫,NO, RICHIE. I MEAN ‫,EVER SINCE I GOT HERE

‫.I'VE FELT DIFFERENT

‫.CONNECTED

‫HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY ‫,DAD WENT TO IRELAND

‫.HE GOT ALL GOOFY, TOO

‫.IT'S NOT LIKE THAT

‫IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN

‫CARRYING THIS WEIGHT AROUND ‫,ALL MY LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING IT

‫.AND NOW IT'S GONE

‫WHAT ARE YOU ‫?TALKIN' ABOUT, VIRG

‫.IN AFRICA, I'M NOT A BLACK KID

‫.I'M JUST A KID

‫IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS ‫?LIKE FOR YOU ALL THE TIME

‫.YEAH, I GUESS

‫!FEELS GOOD

‫!WHOO-HOO

‫!HA HA HA HA

‫!YES

‫!WHOO-HOO

‫AW, HONEY, YOU ‫.LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL

‫.LIKE AN ASHANTI PRINCESS

‫.YOUR MOTHER WOULD BE SO PROUD

‫,YEAH. YOU LOOK SO AFRICAN

‫.MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE YOU HERE

‫.P.A.: TRAIN 3 NOW BOARDING

‫COME ON. THAT'S OUR ‫.TRAIN TO KUMASI

‫[[BIRDS CHIRPING

‫?IS THIS SEAT TAKEN

‫.NO

‫.AKWAABA

‫.MEDASI

‫,I AM DR. ANOKYE

‫PROFESSOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY

‫.AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

‫I'M ROBERT HAWKINS, AND ‫,THESE ARE MY CHILDREN

‫.SHARON AND VIRGIL

‫.WE'RE TOURISTS

‫?FROM AMERICA, YES

‫.PERHAPS WE ARE DISTANT COUSINS

‫.ONE NEVER KNOWS

‫.Robert: THAT'S TRUE, KIDS

‫ABOUT 16% OF ALL AMERICAN ‫.SLAVES CAME FROM GHANA

‫?REALLY

‫.We gotta ditch pop's books

‫I WANT TO SHOW THEM WHERE THE ‫.ASHANTI KINGS USED TO LIVE

‫THEN YOU MUST GO TO THE ‫.PREMPEH JUBILEE MUSEUM

‫[THEY HAVE... [LOUD THUMP

‫[PASSENGERS MURMUR ‫[IN CONFUSION

‫.THIS WAS NOT IN THE BROCHURES

‫.OSEBO

‫YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR BRIEFCASE ‫.OR I CAN TEAR IT AWAY

‫.YOUR CHOICE, DOCTOR

‫!HEY, CAT MAN, LEAVE HIM ALONE

‫.Man: I QUITE AGREE

‫I SUGGEST YOU STAND ‫.ON TRADITION, OSEBO

‫YOU KNOW WELL ‫.THE ANCIENT STORY

‫THE SPIDER ALWAYS ‫.CAPTURES THE LEOPARD

‫.HELLO

‫?WHAT DO YOU SAY

‫?SHALL WE DANCE

‫[[GROWLS

‫?WHO IS THAT

‫,I AM ANANSI THE SPIDER ‫.EVER AT YOUR SERVICE

‫HE'S THE MOST FAMOUS CRIME ‫.FIGHTER IN ALL OF WEST AFRICA

‫.I WAS TOO MODEST TO SAY

‫[[GROWLS

‫.UNH

‫!HIT HIM WITH A WEB BLAST

‫,I AM NOT THAT KIND OF SPIDER

‫AND THIS IS NOT ‫.THAT KIND OF WEB

‫[[LAUGHS

‫.ALWAYS WITH YOUR TRICKS

‫.UNH

‫.Anansi: BEHIND YOU

‫?HUH

‫PERHAPS TODAY I HAVE ‫.A TRICK OF MY OWN

‫.THIS IS OSEBO ‫.DEMOLISH THE TRAIN

‫[[TRAIN WHISTLE

‫!OH

‫.WE'VE SWITCHED TO A SIDE TRACK

‫!WE'RE GONNA CRASH

‫!NO! WE WILL NOT

‫!AFTER HIM

‫.OK, THAT'S KIND OF COOL

‫!Dr. Anokye: NO! PLEASE

‫!LEAVE HIM ALONE

‫!AAH

‫.[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] MY BAD

‫.WHOA! UNH

‫!STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY

‫,I SHOULD PUNISH YOU FOR THAT

‫.BUT I AM OUT OF TIME

‫!AND SO ARE YOU

‫[[GROWLS

‫!GO

‫.Osebo: ABANDON THE TRAIN ‫.I REPEAT, ABANDON THE TRAIN

‫.YOU HEARD HIM

‫!AAH

‫.UNH

‫!WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP IN TIME

‫[[EXHALES

‫.AHH

‫.WHEW

‫SEE? I TOLD YOU AFRICA ‫.WOULD BE EXCITING

‫!Man: THERE HE IS

‫[[ALL YELLING AND PRAISING

‫,FORGIVE ME FOR NOT STAYING

‫BUT THE LEOPARD'S ‫.TRAIL GOES COLD

‫!All, chanting: ANSI! ANSI

‫!NO! WAIT

‫AND BEFORE I COULD ‫,TELL HIM ANYTHING

‫.HE DISAPPEARED

‫.WELL, YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING

‫THE TRACER'S GONNA GO ‫.DEAD IN A FEW HOURS

‫I KNOW, BUT I'M STUCK IN ‫THIS VILLAGE WITH MY FAMILY

‫.UNTIL THEY CAN FIX THE TRAIN

‫.UH-OH. GOTTA GO

‫.MISS SHOPPA ZULU IS COMING

‫HEY, DADDY JUST GOT ‫.US A HOTEL ROOM

‫WE'RE NOT GETTING OUT ‫.OF HERE UNTIL TOMORROW

‫SHOULDN'T YOU BE PACING ‫?YOURSELF ON THE SHOPPING THING

‫.THIS IS NOT A SHOPPING THING

‫.IT'S A CULTURAL EPIPHANY

‫![GASPS] OOH! KENTE CLOTH

‫,IN AMERICAN MONEY ‫.IT IS ONLY $15

‫?DOCTOR

‫.VIRGIL, SIT DOWN AND JOIN ME

‫?WOULD YOU LIKE SOME FU-FU

‫.MY TREAT

‫UH, LOOKS GOOD, BUT ‫.I THINK I'LL PASS

‫,I WAS JUST WONDERING

‫?WHAT DID OSEBO TAKE FROM YOU

‫,A MAP OF ANCIENT KUMASI

‫HOME OF THE GREAT ‫.ASHANTI NATION

‫I BELIEVE I'D FOUND

‫THE LOCATION OF A ‫.LONG-LOST PALACE

‫?A PALACE? IN GHANA

‫.OH, YES

‫THE ASHANTI WERE ‫.TALENTED GOLDSMITHS

‫THE PALACE MIGHT HAVE ‫ARTIFACTS WORTH MILLIONS

‫.IF IT WERE ACCESSIBLE

‫?WHAT DO YOU MEAN

‫,ACCORDING TO THE MAP

‫IT LIES AT THE BOTTOM

‫OF THE LARGEST MAN-MADE ‫.LAKE IN THE WORLD

‫?LAKE VOLTA

‫.A LAKE WON'T STOP OSEBO

‫.ANSI

‫I REGRET TO REPORT

‫THAT I HAVE LOST ‫.OSEBO'S TRAIN, DOCTOR

‫I FEAR I HAVE NO ‫.WAY TO FIND HIM

‫.UH, ACTUALLY, YOU DO

‫?CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET

‫?A TRACER

‫,MY FRIEND RICHIE MAKES 'EM

‫BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE ‫.WHO CAN TRACK 'EM

‫?AND WHY IS THAT

‫HOW DID YOU

‫.I'M A SUPERHERO, TOO

‫.DON'T TELL MY DAD

‫THEN YOU ARE GOING ‫.TO HAVE TO HELP ME

‫YEAH, BUT WHAT DO ‫?I SAY TO MY POPS

‫,UH, EXCUSE ME, FATHER

‫BUT I'M GONNA SAVE THE ANCIENT ‫.TREASURE OF THE ASHANTI

‫.DON'T WAIT UP. YEAH, RIGHT

‫Robert: BOY, WAIT TILL ‫.VIRGIL HEARS ABOUT THIS

‫.UH-OH. THAT'S HIM

‫.Sharon: HE'S GONNA LOVE IT

‫.DO NOT MOVE

‫?HEY, VIRGIL. HUNGRY

‫WE ACTUALLY FOUND ‫!A BURGER FOOL

‫.HE MUST BE EXHAUSTED

‫.LET HIM SLEEP

‫PEOPLE SEE WHAT I ‫.WANT THEM TO SEE

‫,WHEN YOUR FAMILY COMES BACK

‫.THEY'LL SEE YOU ARE STILL HERE

‫YOU HAVE GOT TO TEACH ‫.ME HOW TO DO THAT

‫WE'RE DEFINITELY ‫.GETTING CLOSER

‫?YOU HANGING IN THERE OK

‫I STILL DON'T GET HOW YOU ‫.CAN STAND UPSIDE DOWN

‫.STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS

‫!DANG! I LOST IT

‫THE TRACER MUST ‫.BE OUT OF JUICE

‫.NOT TO WORRY. I SEE THEM

‫[[GRUMBLES

‫IS HE ANOTHER OF YOUR ‫?ILLUSIONS, SPIDER

‫.HIS NAME IS STATIC

‫.HE'S AN AMERICAN

‫YOU KNOW HOW ‫.FLASHY THEY CAN BE

‫?AS FLASHY AS THIS

‫!LOOK OUT

‫!Both: AAH

‫AT LAST, THE SPIDER ‫.HAS BEEN STEPPED ON

‫[[VIRGIL STRUGGLING

‫.THAT IS A VERY USEFUL ABILITY

‫.I PRACTICE ON WEEKENDS

‫♪ OH ♪

‫♪ OH OH ♪

‫.Anansi: THEY ARE GONE

‫WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE ‫HE CAN BLOW A HOLE

‫IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE

‫AND LET ALL THE ‫?WATER OUT, RIGHT

‫?RIGHT

‫.LAKE VOLTA IS FORMED BY A DAM

‫,IF OSEBO WERE TO DESTROY IT

‫THE LAKE WOULD POUR ‫.INTO THE VALLEY

‫AND HE COULD FIND THE ‫.HIDDEN PALACE AND THE GOLD

‫YES, AND DESTROY THOUSANDS ‫.OF HOMES AS WELL

‫.NUMBER 2 REPORTING IN

‫.NO SIGN OF ANYONE YET

‫AND YOU CALL ‫?YOURSELF A LOOKOUT

‫[[GASPS] [MIMICS GASP

‫?WERE IS OSEBO

‫.INSIDE THE DAM WITH THE OTHERS

‫?WHERE IN THE DAM

‫.THE BOTTOM TUNNEL

‫.HE HAS BEEN MOST HELPFUL

‫?WHAT SHOULD BE HIS REWARD

‫HOW ABOUT WE TAKE ‫?HIM FOR A SPIN

‫!WHOA! AAH

‫!AAH

‫.AND THEY CALL ME A TRICKSTER

‫!Osebo: TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE

‫[[OSEBO CHUCKLES

‫.BE QUICK

‫,WE BURY THE SPIDER ‫!WE DIG UP THE GOLD

‫HE'S SO HAPPY. IT'S A ‫.SHAME TO DISAPPOINT HIM

‫[[GASPS

‫:Virgil, whispering ‫.Shield your eyes

‫[[ALL YELLING IN PAIN

‫[[GROANS

‫GREAT SHOW, BUT ‫?WHERE'S WHISKER

‫.SEE TO THEM

‫?GOING SOMEWHERE

‫!Anansi: OSEBO

‫.THE GAME IS FINISHED

‫[[GROWLS

‫.NO MOVES FOR YOU TO MAKE

‫THE SPIDER WEAVES HIS WEB

‫.AND THE CAT IS CAUGHT

‫.BUT A CAT HAS MANY LIVES, ANSI

‫I CAN STILL DETONATE THE ‫,EXPLOSIVES WITH THIS

‫SO UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR ‫,FLYING FRIEND CRUSHED

‫.YOU WILL REVEAL YOURSELF

‫All four: YOU PRESS THE ‫.BUTTON, AND WE ALL GO

‫.TALK TO ME

‫?WHAT

‫YOU GUYS PLAY ‫?KEEP-AWAY OVER HERE

‫AT THE VERY LEAST, I WILL ‫.FINALLY BE RID OF YOU

‫!AAH

‫AND THEY SAY CATS ALWAYS ‫.LAND ON THEIR FEET

‫.I'M GONNA MISS AFRICA SO MUCH

‫.I DON'T WHY

‫YOU'RE BRINGING MOST ‫.OF IT HOME WITH YOU

‫HEY, I JUST READ THAT THE ‫GOVERNMENT IS GONNA START

‫AN UNDERWATER EXPEDITION ‫TO FIND THE ASHANTI PALACE

‫NOW THAT DR. ANOKYE ‫.HAS HIS MAP BACK

‫.COOL

‫OOH. I BETTER GO DOWN ‫.AND CHECK US OUT

‫.I'LL GO WITH YOU, DADDY

‫I SAW THE CUTEST LITTLE ‫.EARRINGS IN THE GIFT SHOP

‫I WILL MISS YOU, MY FRIEND

‫.AND YOUR GOOD HUMOR

‫.I'LL MISS YOU, TOO, ANANSI

‫I NEVER KNEW HOW ‫IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE

‫.TO MEET A ROLE MODEL LIKE YOU

‫?ROLE MODEL

‫.YEAH. A BLACK SUPERHERO

‫I DON'T KNOW. IT ‫.VALIDATES ME SOMEHOW

‫HEROES COME IN EVERY ‫.COLOR, MY FRIEND

‫I KNOW. IT'S JUST ‫THAT SOMETIMES I WISH

‫THERE WAS A BLACK ‫SUPERHERO BACK HOME

‫.FOR FOLKS TO LOOK UP TO

‫.OH, BUT THERE IS

‫.AND HE IS MY HERO, TOO

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