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The monuments list is taken from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, according to their description "legal custodian of Ghana's material cultural heritage (movable and immovable heritage)" [1] GMMB classifies the monuments: The ID used on this page in reference to the Regions of Ghana are based on the ISO Regional ID standards.
In 1902, Osu Castle became the seat of government in Ghana but this has now moved to Golden Jubilee House. [1] Because of its testimony to European colonial influence in West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade, the castle was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with several other castles and forts in Ghana. [2]
The Assin Manso Ancestral Slave River also called Nnonkonsuo or Donkor Nsuo (singular) was one of the slave markets for gathering indigenes during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [1] [2] It is located in the Central Region of Ghana, forty (40) kilometers along the Cape Coast-Kumasi highway. [3] [4]
Shumway, Rebecca (2011), The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580463911. St. Clair, William (2006), The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British slave trade. London: Profile Books ISBN 1-86197-904-5. Van Dantzig, Albert (1999). Forts and Castles of Ghana. Accra: Sedco ...
Fort Prinzenstein (Danish: Fort Prinsensten) is a fort located at Keta, Ghana, which was used in the slave trade. [1] Many such forts were built in Africa, but Prinzenstein is one of the few that lie east of the Volta River. [1] Keta served as an open port until the Tema Harbour commenced its operation to the west in 1962. [2]
These forts linked the trading routes established by the Portuguese and acted as important market places for the gold and slave trades. [ 1 ] Because of their testimony to precolonial and colonial Afro-European commerce, including the Atlantic slave trade , and their profound effect on the history of West Africa, a number of these ...
Prince Tete, a local, leans against a fence of a mass grave at the Assin Praso heritage site, Ghana. (Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) ADIDWAN, Ghana — Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his ...
The British later took control of the castle in 1664. Initially a trade hub for gold, wood and textiles, it later became a centre for the slave trade, with added dungeons to accommodate more captives. After the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, the castle was repurposed as an educational and administrative centre. [29] [30]