Please can someone who has undertaken research enlighten me? Were slave ships filled with people all from one African country, or a combination? My family come from the West Indies. My mother said that when she was growing up, there were a couple of people much older than her who spoke in Ghanian. She remembered a few sentences and asked around. A Ghanian recognised and translated them. Would it be fair to assume that all Black people from my mother's island originate from Ghana? ***