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The Gwollu Defence Wall is a historic wall in the Upper West Region of Ghana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The wall is located near the Burkina Faso-Mali border . [ 3 ] It was built as a defense against slave traders .
The Assin Manso Slave River Site has grown in popularity over recent times as a result of the Year of Return campaign organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority under the auspices of the Government of Ghana. [7] At the site, one will observe an Ancestral Graveyard (the Memorial Wall of Return) where most Africans write their names as a way of ...
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]
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 ...
Fort Amsterdam is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, Ghana.It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, [1] in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664. [2]
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 ...
Salaga Slave Market is an 18th-century slave market located in the East Gonja District of the Savannah Region of Ghana. [1] During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Salaga served as an important market where slaves were transported to the coast for export. [2] [3] [4] The market also served as outposts for the movement of slaves along the trans ...
A slave prison was made in the southwest bastion of the fort. In the second half of the 18th century, the fort was surrounded by an outer wall. [1] Because of its testimony to the Atlantic slave trade and European colonial exploitation, Fort Good Hope was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with several other castles in ...