Marlon Jackson is apparently involved in a multibillion-dollar plan to build – ready for this? – a slavery theme park. Not making this up. Honest.

According to the BBC, the plan is to build a memorial to the slave trade and a luxury resort – plus a Jackson Five museum – in Badagary, Nigeria, a historic slave port. The cost for this totally taste-free endeavor is estimated to be around $3.4 billion.

Both the BBC and the Guardian have coverage of this truly jaw-dropping story, but it’s the Beeb’s piece that takes the cake. Get a load of this:

“The developers say the Badagry Historical Resort will be marketed to African-American tourists as a mixture of luxury tourist attractions and historical education.

“Visitors will be able to see the route their ancestors walked, shackled together as they were whipped toward the ‘point of no return.’

“They can then retire to their five-star hotel to drink cocktails by the pool.”

Priceless right? But hang on a sec – it gets better!

“Visitors will be able to pay their respects at the site of a mass grave for those who died before boarding ships across the Atlantic Ocean.

“And then travel a few yards in a buggy to play a round of golf.”

And now the pièce de résistance:

“They can visit a replica slave ship to see the conditions Africans suffered, before visiting the world’s only museum dedicated to the career of the Jackson Five.”

Seriously? Who thought this was a good idea? Marlon Jackson, of course.

Gary Loster, former mayor of Saginaw, Mich., and CEO of something called The Motherland Group, told the BBC, “The Jackson Family had been looking for a place to site their memorabilia collection for some time.

“We visited the site of the slave port in Badagry and Marlon turned to me and said, ‘Let’s put it here, this is right.’

“It’s such an emotional place, and I think we all felt that it was the right place to have the Jackson family memorial.”

Really Marlon? You couldn’t think of a better place for a Jackson Five museum? Like maybe Gary, Ind., or Detroit? What’s the matter, were all the spots taken at the Hurricane Katrina waterpark?

Needless to say, the plan has its detractors.

Read the BBC’s story here and the Guardian’s here.