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And fortunately I decided in 2008 to return to Ghana,after 28 years of absence.
幸運的是2008年的時候在闊別了28年之后，我決定回到加納。
I wanted to document on film the 2008 presidential elections.
我打算拍一部2008年總統大選的紀錄片。
And there, I started by searching for the footprints in my childhood.
在那兒，我以搜尋我兒時的印跡作為開始。
And before I even knew it,I was suddenly on a stage surrounded by thousands of cheering people during a political rally.
但是我都沒有意識到，我突然身處政治示威的隊伍里周圍圍繞著成千上萬高聲呼喊人。
And I realized that, when I'd left the country,free and fair elections in a democratic environment were a dream.
我意識到，當年離開這個國家的時候，在民主環境下的自由公平選舉只不過是個夢想。
And now that I'd returned, that dream had become reality,though a fragile reality.
如今我回來的時候，夢想已經實現了，盡管它很脆弱。
And I was thinking,was Ghana searching for its identity like I was looking for my identity?
我想，是不是像我在尋找自身定位一樣加納也在探索它的定位？
Was what was happening in Ghana a metaphor for what was happening in me?
發生在加納的一切就像發生在我身上一切的隱喻？
And it was as if through the standards of my Western life,I hadn't lived up to my full potential.
就好像在西方式的標準下，我并沒有完全挖掘我的潛能。
I mean, nor had Ghana,even though we had been trying very hard.
加納也是，雖然我們都很努力的嘗試過。
Now in 1957,Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to gain its independence.
1957年加納是撒哈拉以南非洲國家中第一個取得獨立的國家。
In the late 50s,Ghana and Singapore had the same GDP.
50年代末期加納和新加坡的GDP一樣。
I mean, today, Singapore is a First World country and Ghana is not.
現在新加坡是個發達國家而加納不是。
But maybe it was time to prove to myself,yes, it's important to understand the past,it is important to look at it in a different light,but maybe we should look at the strengths in our own culture and build on those foundations in the present.
但這也許正是證明我們自己的時候，是的，認識歷史非常重要，要從另一個角度去解讀它非常重要，但是也許我們應該重視自身文化中的力量并以現在的文化作為基石。
So here I was, December 7th, 2008.
2008年12月7日，我在現場。
The polling stations opened to the voters at 7:00 AM,but voters, eager to take their own political fate into their hands,were starting to line up at 4:00 AM in the morning.
早晨7點投票站向選民開放，但選民想要掌握他們政治命運的愿望是如此急切，他們凌晨4點就開始排隊。
