The film Soul to Soul captured one of the most important cultural moments in the history of Black America and Africa.

In 1971, America's top soul music performers - including Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Mavis Staples, Roberta Flack and Carlos Santana - journeyed to take part in Ghana's 14th Anniversary of Independence celebrations. All young and curious about Africa, nothing could have prepared them for what lay in store: the food, the slave forts, the heat, lizards and tropical storms.

What started off as the Black Woodstock became a pilgrimage for these stars to find their musical and ancestral roots - "a coming together after years of separation". The week-long celebrations climaxed with an historic, 15-hour, all-night concert where over 200,000 Ghanaians went wild in Accra's packed Black Star Square as Pickett, Ike and Tina's super-powered performances set the stage on fire alongside the best in African talent - "It was like a freight train…you've never felt so much power, just spectacular performances!".

Thirty years on, Ike Turner, Wilson Pickett and some of the key people who made the trip describe vividly what it was really like to touch African soil for the first time. With contributions from Maya Angelou and Nelson George, the film also explores what became of the Back to Africa movement embraced by African-Americans in the 1960s and 70s.

Ike Turner
Mr Turner's online home proclaiming him "the father of rock & roll"